The influence of the pinnid bivalve Atrina zelandica (Gray) on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in soft-sediment habitats

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-240

  Cummings, V J ^a   Thrush, S F ^a   Hewitt, J E ^a   Turner, S J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atrina zelandica; Community structure; Macroinvertebrates; Marine; New Zealand; Pinnid bivalves; Soft sediment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; MACROBENTHOS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERTEBRATE; MUSSEL; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

ATRINA ZELANDICA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 0032531760     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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