Scale-dependent recolonization: the role of sediment stability in a dynamic sandflat habitat

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2472-2487

  Thrush, S F ^a   Whitlatch, R B ^b   Pridmore, R D ^a   Hewitt, J E ^a   Cummings, V J ^a   Wilkinson, M R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Habitat stability; Macrobenthic community; New Zealand; Patch size; Recolonization; Sandflat

Indexed keywords

POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE;

HABITAT STABILITY; MACROBENTHOS; RECOLONIZATION; SANDFLAT; SEDIMENT STABILITY;

EID: 0030412095     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265747     Document Type: Article

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