Temporal and spatial variation in macrofauna community composition imposed by ghost shrimp Callianassa filholi bioturbation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 192, Issue , 2000, Pages 249-257

  Berkenbusch, Katrin ^a   Rowden, Ashley A ^b   Probert, P Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Callianassa; Intertidal sandflat; Macrofauna community; Small scale

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MACROBENTHOS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CALLIANASSA; CALLIANASSA FILHOLI; CALLIANASSIDAE; COROPHIIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; PARACOROPHIUM; PARACOROPHIUM EXCAVATUM; PERRIERINA; PERRIERINA TURNED; ZOSTERA NOVAZELANDICA;

EID: 0343851544     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps192249     Document Type: Article

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