Topographic heterogeneity, hydrodynamics, and benthic community structure: A scale-dependent cascade

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 171, Issue , 1998, Pages 59-70

  Guichard, Frédéric ^a   Bourget, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community structure; Hydrodynamics; Spatial scales; Topographic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROBENTHOS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032191275     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps171059     Document Type: Article

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