A field test of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis in the soft-bottom intertidal

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 379-394

  Huxham, Mark ^a   Roberts, Ildiko ^a   Bremner, Julie ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Disturbance; Intertidal; Soft bottom; Succession

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0033859076     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200008)85:4<379::AID-IROH379>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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