Does colonization contribute to spatial patterns of common invertebrates in coralline algal turf?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-48

  Kelaher, Brendan P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Coralline turf; Macrofauna; Rocky shore

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; CORALLINE ALGA; INVERTEBRATE; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY; WORLD;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; AMPHITHALAMUS; AMPHITHALAMUS INCIDATA; BIVALVIA; EATONIELLA; EATONIELLA ATROPURPUREA; ELASMOPUS; GASTROPODA; HYALE; INVERTEBRATA; LASAEA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 14644399886     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2004.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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