Scales of coastal heterogeneity: Influence on intertidal community structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 163-173

  Blanchard, Diane ^a   Bourget, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coastal heterogeneity; Diversity; Intertidal; Small , medium and large scale heterogeneity; Spatial scale; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; QUEBEC; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; FUCACEAE; LITTORINIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0033560974     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179163     Document Type: Article

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