Estuarine and scalar patterns of invasion in the soft-bottom benthic communities of the San Francisco Estuary

Biological Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 85-102

  Lee II, Henry ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^b   Lowe, Sarah ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine gradients; Invasion metrics; Invasion patterns; Nonindigenous species; San Francisco Estuary; Soft bottom communities; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVENTORY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038379717     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024038522256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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