Urban structures as marine habitats: An experimental comparison of the composition and abundance of subtidal epibiota among pilings, pontoons and rocky reefs

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-125

  Connell, S D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial habitats; Biodiversity; Disturbance; Fouling organisms

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

URBAN HABITATS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ECOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; REEF; URBANIZATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ROCK; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; CITIES; CNIDARIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034921585     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(00)00266-X     Document Type: Article

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