Ecological effects of Spartina anglica on the macro-invertebrate infauna of the mud flats at Bull Islands, Dublin Bay, Ireland

Web Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 71-73

  Mc Corry, Mark J ^a   Otte, Marinus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALTMARSH; TIDAL FLAT; MUDFLAT;

BULL ISLAND; COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN BAY; IRELAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA; SALICORNIA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; SPARTINA;

EID: 0035789576     PISSN: 13991183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-2-71-2001     Document Type: Article

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