Invertebrate associations with gastropod shells inhabited by Pagurus bernhardus (Paguridae) - Secondary hard substrate increasing biodiversity in North Sea soft-bottom communities

Sarsia

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 404-415

  Reiss, Henning ^a   Knäuper, Sonja ^a   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epizoic fauna; North Sea benthos; Pagurus bernhardus; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; BALANUS; BALANUS CRENATUS; CIRCEIS; CIRCEIS AMORICANI; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMMAROPSIS; GAMMAROPSIS NITIDA; GASTROPODA; HYDRACTINIA; HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA; INVERTEBRATA; PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS; PAGURUS BERNHARDUS; POLYCHAETA; TRYPETESA LAMPAS; VERRUCA; VERRUCA STROEMIA;

EID: 0942291526     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00364820310003235     Document Type: Article

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