Faunal colonization of artificial seagrass plots: The importance of surface area versus space size relative to body size

Estuaries

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1045-1052

  Bartholomew, Aaron ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLONIZATION; FAUNA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVORSHIP;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0036772927     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02691351     Document Type: Article

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