Different effects of microhabitat fragmentation on patterns of dispersal of an intertidal gastropod in two habitats

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-107

  Crowe, Tasman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gastropod; Mangrove; Microhabitat; Movement; Rocky intertidal; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROPOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MICROHABITATS; MODELLING; MOLLUSCS; ROCKY SHORE;

BEMBICIUM AURATUM; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; SACCOSTREA COMMERCIALIS;

EID: 0030302543     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02615-9     Document Type: Article

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