Density, biomass and productivity of animals in four subtidal rocky reef habitats: The importance of small mobile invertebrates

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 172, Issue , 1998, Pages 37-51

  Taylor, Richard B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Epifauna; Kelp forest; New Zealand; Rocky reef; Seaweed; Secondary productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EPIFAUNA; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CARPOPHYLLUM; CARPOPHYLLUM PLUMOSUM; ECKLONIA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; ECKLONIA RADIATE; FUCALES; INVERTEBRATA; LAMINARIALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0032558789     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps172037     Document Type: Article

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