The community structure of a tropical intertidal mudflat under human exploitation

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1237-1247

  De Boer, W Fred ^a   Prins, H H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body weight; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Species composition; Species richness; Stress; Top down processes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MUDFLAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INHACA ISLAND; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 0036891784     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1287     Document Type: Article

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