The effects of bioturbation by the burrowing shrimp Calocaris macandreae on a subtidal macrobenthic community: Further evidence for the importance of function over identity

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 163-169

  Widdicombe, Stephen ^a   Austen, Melanie C ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic; Bioturbation; Calocaris macandreae; Diversity; Functional groups; Mesocosm

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; MESOCOSM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALOCARIS; CALOCARIS MACANDREAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 1842734118     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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