Habitat geometry of benthic substrata: Effects on arrival and settlement of mobile epifauna

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-54

  Jacobi, Claudia M ^a,c   Langevin, Remi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial Substrata; Benthos; Colonization; Microcrustaceans; Substratum geometry; Topographical complexity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT GEOMETRY; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCES;

EID: 0030302565     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02605-6     Document Type: Article

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