The distribution of talitrid amphipods (crustacea) on a salt marsh in Southern Tasmania, in relation to vegetation and substratum

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 801-817

  Richardson, A M M ^a   Mulcahy, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

distribution; salt marsh; talitridae; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEANS; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATUM; TERRESTRIAL GROUP; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

AMPHIPODA; AUSTROTROIDES MARITIMUS; EORCHESTIA PALUSTRIS; KERATROIDES REX; KERATROIDES VULGARIS; MYSTICOTALITRUS CRYPTUS; MYSTICOTALITRUS TASMANIAE; SCHOENUS NITENS; TASMANORCHESTIA;

EID: 0030302954     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0104     Document Type: Article

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