Architectural vs. biological effects of a habitat-altering, exotic mussel, Musculista senhousia

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-75

  Crooks, Jeffrey A ^a   Khim, Hugh S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineering; Facilitation; Habitat modification; Mytilidae; Non indigenous species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLLUSC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BARLEEIA SUBTENUIS; BIVALVIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; GASTROPODA; LEPTOCHELIA DUBIA; MOLLUSCA; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; MYTILIDAE; NEMERTEANS; POLYCHAETA; PSEUDOPOLYDORA PAUCIBRANCHIATA; TANAIDAE;

EID: 0033166741     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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