Experiments on effects of sampling biota under intertidal and shallow subtidal boulders

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 103-126

  Chapman, M G ^a   Underwood, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boulders; Disturbance; Molluscs; Sampling; Sessile assemblage

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; BRYOZOA; ECHINODERM; FAUNA; GASTROPOD; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; ROCK; SAMPLING; SPECIES; WORM;

ALGAE; BIOTA; BOULDER; BOULDERS; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOBILE ORGANISM; SAMPLING; SESSILE ORGANISM;

BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CNIDARIA; ECHINODERMATA; POLYCHAETA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 0030589207     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02652-4     Document Type: Article

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