Elements of habitat complexity that influence harpacticoid copepods associated with seagrass beds in a temperate bay

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 598-605

  Jenkins, Gregory P ^a   Walker Smith, Genefor K ^a   Hamer, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Artificial seagrass; Meiofauna; Structural heterogeneity; Taxonomic richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEIOFAUNA; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; HALOPHILA; HARPACTICOIDA;

EID: 0036940385     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0911-y     Document Type: Article

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