Artificial substrata in a shallow sublittoral habitat: Do they adequately represent natural habitats or the local species pool?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-41

  Smith, Stephen D A ^a   Rule, Michael J ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Biodiversity; Epifauna; Recruitment; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0037130795     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00242-3     Document Type: Article

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