Relationships among sea-floor structure and benthic communities in Long Island Sound at regional and benthoscape scales

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 627-640

  Zajac, R N ^a   Lewis, R S ^a   Poppe, L J ^a   Twichell, D C ^a   Vozarik, J ^a   DiGiacomo Cohen, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Infauna; Landscape ecology; Soft sediment; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; SEAFLOOR; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033779763     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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