Bioturbation as a potential mechanism influencing spatial heterogeneity of North Carolina seagrass beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 169, Issue , 1998, Pages 123-132

  Townsend, Edward C ^a   Fonseca, Mark S ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Disturbance; Landscape pattern; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; VEGETATION COVER;

BEAUFORT; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032490844     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps169123     Document Type: Article

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