Edge effects on fauna in fragmented seagrass meadows

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-218

  Tanner, Jason E ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Epifauna; Habitat fragmentation; Infauna; Patch

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; ZOOBENTHOS;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; POLYCHAETA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 17644385920     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01438.x     Document Type: Article

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