Ecosystem engineering - Moving away from 'just-so' stories

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Berkenbusch, K ^a,b   Rowden, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allogenic and autogenic engineers; Callianassa filholi; Community change; Ecological concept; Habitat modification; Soft sediment environment; Zostera novazelandica

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

CALLIANASSA; CALLIANASSIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; THALASSINIDAE; THALASSINIDEA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOVAZELANDICA;

EID: 0038207163     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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