The interaction between physical disturbance and organic enrichment: An important element in structuring benthic communities

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1720-1733

  Widdicombe, Stephen ^a,b   Austen, Melanie C ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MESOCOSM; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0035165372     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.7.1720     Document Type: Article

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