Variable effect of a large suspension-feeding bivalve on infauna: Experimenting in a complex system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 209, Issue , 2001, Pages 159-175

  Cummings, V J ^a   Thrush, S F ^a   Hewitt, J E ^a   Funnell, G A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atrina zelandica; Benthic communities; Density manipulation experiment; Habitat modification; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FILTER FEEDER; HYDRODYNAMICS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

MAHURANGI ESTUARY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ATRINA; ATRINA ZELANDICA; BIVALVIA; PINNIDAE;

EID: 0035808287     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps209159     Document Type: Article

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