Explaining mesoscale variation in intertidal mussel community structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 205, Issue , 2000, Pages 155-170

  McKindsey, C W ^a   Bourget, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal heterogeneity; Diversity; Embayment effects; Exposure; Mytilus edulis; Recruitment; Richness; Topographic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0034687323     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps205155     Document Type: Article

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