Effect of Disturbance on Assemblages: An Example Using Porifera

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-159

  Bell, J J ^a,c   Barnes, D K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPONGE; SUBSTRATE;

COUNTY CORK; IRELAND; LOUGH HYNE MARINE NATURE RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; PORIFERA;

EID: 0242350196     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543235     Document Type: Article

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