The effects of the gastropod Terebralia palustris on infaunal communities in a tropical tidal mud-flat in East Africa

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-311

  Carlén, Anneli ^a   Ólafsson, Emil ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cages; Cyanobacteria; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Terebralia palustris; Tropical mudflat

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MEIOFAUNA;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA; TEREBRALIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0036701033     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020327724208     Document Type: Article

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