An experimental study on recolonization and succession of marine macrobenthos in defaunated sediment

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-302

  Lu, L ^a   Wu, R S S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT; HONG KONG; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MACROBENTHOS; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT PATTERN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SETTLEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; MACROBENTHOS; RECOLONIZATION; SUCCESSION;

EID: 0034030945     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050687     Document Type: Article

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