Dynamics of rocky intertidal communities: Analyses of long time series from South African shores

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-305

  Dye, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biennial cycles; Complex dynamics; Intertidal invertebrates; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ZONE; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032006654     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0251     Document Type: Article

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