Scale-dependent benthic recolonization dynamics: Life stage-based dispersal and demographic consequences

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 375-376, Issue , 1998, Pages 217-226

  Whitlatch, R B ^a   Lohrer, A M ^a   Thrush, S F ^b   Pridmore, R D ^b   Hewitt, J E ^b   Cummings, V J ^b   Zajac, R N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PATCH DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

BOCCARDIA SYRTIS; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA CORNUTA;

EID: 13744265688     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2864-5_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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