The effects of macroalgal cover on the spatial distribution of macrobenthic invertebrates: The effect of macroalgal morphology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 437-448

  Bolam, S G ^a   Fernandes, T F ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macroalgal mats; Macrofauna; Sandflats; Sediment variables

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ESTUARIES;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; CHAETOMORPHA; CLADOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS; ULVA; VAUCHERIA;

EID: 0037095955     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020307929624     Document Type: Article

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