Role of recruitment in causing differences between intertidal assemblages on seawalls and rocky shores

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 287, Issue , 2005, Pages 53-64

  Bulleri, Fabio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial structures; Coastal management; Intertidal; Recruitment; Succession; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SEA WALL; URBANIZATION;

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

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 15944392508     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps287053     Document Type: Article

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