Bedload and water-column transport and colonization processes by post- settlement benthic macrofauna: Does infaunal density matter?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-75

  Turner, S J ^a   Grant, J ^b   Pridmore, R D ^a   Hewitt, J E ^a   Wilkinson, M R ^a   Hume, T M ^a   Morrisey, D J ^a  

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

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult juvenile interactions; Bedload transport; Colonization; Post settlement dispersal; Water column transport

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD TRANSPORT; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SANDFLAT; WATER-COLUMN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; FAUNA; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER TRANSPORT;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, MANUKAU HARBOUR;

AUSTROVENUS STUTCHBURYI; BIVALVIA; CYCLOMACTRA OVATA; MACOMONA LILIANA; NUCULA HARTVIGIANA;

EID: 0030884210     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00090-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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