Do the assemblages of benthic macroinvertebrates in nearshore waters of Western Australia vary among habitat types, zones and seasons?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-232

  Wildsmith, M D ^a   Potter, I C ^a   Valesini, F J ^a   Platell, M E ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; WAVE ACTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; MALACOSTRACA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 18244400455     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011100h     Document Type: Article

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