Biologically generated habitat provision and diversity of rocky shore organisms at a hierarchy of spatial scales

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-84

  Thompson, R C ^a   Wilson, B J ^a   Tobin, M L ^a   Hill, A S ^a   Hawkins, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Biodiversity; Fucus; Habitat complexity; Intertidal; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUCUS; MICROBIOTA; THORACICA; CIRRIPEDIA;

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; ROCKY SHORE; ROCKY SHORES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0030586999     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)00032-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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