The impact of epifaunal predation on the structure of macroinfaunal invertebrate communities of tidal saltmarsh creeks

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 657-669

  Sarda R ^a,b   Foreman, K ^a   Werme, C E ^a   Valiela, I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epibenthic predation; Macrofauna; Southern New England

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIFAUNA; INFAUNA; PREDATION; SALTMARSH;

GREAT SIPPEWISSETT; MASSACHUSETTS; USA;

CENTROPRISTES STRIATUS; ETEONE HETEROPODA; FINDULUS MAJALIS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; FUNDULUS MAJALIS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GLYCERA AMERICANA; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; MARENZELLERIA VIRIDIS; NEANTHES ARENACEODONTA; NEANTHES SUCCINEA; NEANTHES VIRENS; NEMERTEANS; PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; TAUTOGA ONIVIS;

EID: 0032077138     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0322     Document Type: Article

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