Macrofaunal diversity and habitat structure in intertidal boulder fields

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 233-250

  Le Hir, Maryvonne ^a   Hily, Christian ^a  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna diversity; Habitat complexity; Habitat heterogeneity; Hierarchical structure; Marine conservation; Microhabitat; Rocky shore; Scale

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA;

EID: 14644439252     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-5046-0     Document Type: Article

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