Colonization of a dynamic substrate: Factors influencing recruitment of the wood-boring isopod, Sphaeroma terebrans, onto red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) prop roots

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 522-532

  Brooks, Allen R ^a   Bell, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat suitability; Isopod; Mangrove; Plant animal interaction; Sphaeroma terebrans

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MANGROVE; RECRUITMENT; ROOT COLONIZATION;

EID: 0035016969     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000619     Document Type: Article

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