Variation in detrital enrichment causes spatio-temporal variation in soft-sediment assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 261, Issue , 2003, Pages 85-97

  Kelaher, Brendan P ^a   Levinton, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritus; Macrofauna; Soft sediment; Ulva rotundata; Variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; DETRITUS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANNELIDA; CAPITATA; CAPITELLA; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; CAPITELLIDAE; LEITOSCOLOPOLOS ROBUSTUS; NAIDIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PARANAIS; PARANAIS LITORALIS; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE; STREBLOSPIO; STREBLOSPIO BENEDICTI; ULVA; ULVA ROTUNDATA;

EID: 0242456864     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps261085     Document Type: Article

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