Spatial heterogeneity in an intertidal sedimentary environment and its macrobenthic community

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 139, Issue , 1998, Pages 367-388

  Meadows, Azra ^a   Meadows, Peter S ^a   McLaughlin, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032463985     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.139.01.28     Document Type: Article

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