Are macroinvertebrate communities influenced by seagrass structural complexity?

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-121

  Attrill, Martin J ^a   Strong, James A ^a   Rowden, Ashley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0034070413     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00266.x     Document Type: Article

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