Spatial structure of bivalves in a sandflat: Scale and generating processes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 99-128

  Legendre, P ^b   Thrush, S F ^a   Cummings, V J ^a   Dayton, P K ^c   Grant, J ^d   Hewitt, J E ^a   Hines, A H ^e   McArdle, B H ^f   Pridmore, R D ^a   Schneider, D C ^g   Turner, S J ^a   Whitlatch, R B ^h   Wilkinson, M R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult juvenile interaction; Austrovenus stutchburyi; Autocorrelograms; Bivalves; Macomona liliana; Spatial modelling; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT-JUVENILE INTERACTION; BENTHOS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SANDFLAT; SANDFLATS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; MOLLUSC; NEW ZEALAND; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUMMER;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, MANUKAU HARBOUR;

AUSTROVENUS STUTCHBURYI; BIVALVIA; MACOMONA LILIANA;

EID: 0030983906     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00092-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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