Flow-driven variation in intertidal community structure in a Maine estuary

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1395-1411

  Leonard, George H ^a   Levine, Jonathan M ^a,b   Schmidt, Paul R ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up forces; Estuary; Hydrodynamic refuge; Intertidal community structure; Larval recruitment; Maine; Predation; Tidal currents; Top down forces

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLOW VELOCITY; INTERTIDAL ZONE;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; GASTROPODA; THORACICA;

EID: 0031852901     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1395:FDVIIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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