Effects of physical disturbance on an estuarine intertidal community: Field and mesocosm results compared

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 485-495

  Cowie, P R ^a   Widdicombe, S ^a   Austen, M C ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

EID: 0034021022     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050708     Document Type: Article

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