Functional analysis by trophic guilds of macrobenthic community structure in Dublin Bay, Ireland

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 195-217

  Roth, Steffen ^a,b   Wilson, James G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Disturbance; Dominance curves; Dublin Bay; Intertidal fauna; Spatial distribution; Trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; FEEDING; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

IRELAND, COUNTY DUBLIN, DUBLIN BAY;

EID: 0032054132     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00145-7     Document Type: Article

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