Assessing the short-term stability of spatial patterns of macrobenthos in a dynamic estuarine system

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 282-288

  Hewitt, J E ^a   Pridmore, R D ^a   Thrush, S F ^a   Cummings, V J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACOMONA; MACOMONA LILIANA; PAPHIES; PAPHIES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0030880193     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.2.0282     Document Type: Article

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