Patch-size dependent habitat modification and facilitation on New England cobble beaches by Spartina alterniflora

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-108

  Bruno, John F ^a   Kennedy, Coleman W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobble beach; Facilitation; Flow velocity; Habitat modification; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SUAEDA LINEARIS;

EID: 0033951392     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008841     Document Type: Article

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