Spatial variation in the recruitment of benthic assemblages to artificial substrata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 290, Issue , 2005, Pages 67-78

  Rule, Michael J ^a   Smith, Stephen D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Motile invertebrates; Recruitment; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BENTHOS; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

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

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; HIATELLA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 18844448994     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps290067     Document Type: Article

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