Spatial differences in macroinvertebrate communities in intertidal seagrass habitats and unvegetated sediment in three New Zealand estuaries

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 945-957

  Van Houte Howes, K S S ^a   Turner, S J ^b,c   Pilditch, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Environment Waikato   (New Zealand)

^c DAL Science and Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; HALOPHILA; POLYCHAETA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

EID: 12444322137     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803421     Document Type: Article

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