Role of food subsidies and habitat structure in influencing benthic communities of shell mounds at sites of existing and former offshore oil platforms

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 201-211

  Bomkamp, R E ^a   Page, H M ^a   Dugan, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; OIL PLATFORM; SUBSTRATE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANTENNARIUS; CANCER ANTENNARIUS; CANCER PAGURUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 11244292316     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1413-8     Document Type: Article

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