Response of deposit-feeders to exclusion of epibenthic predators in a Mediterranean intertidal flat

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-171

  Como, S ^a   Rossi, F ^b   Lardicci, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caging experiment; Epibenthic predators; Intertidal; Macrofauna; Mediterranean; Soft bottom; Upogebia pusilla

Indexed keywords

DEPOSIT FEEDER; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BRANIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TANAIS; TANAIS DULONGII; UPOGEBIA; UPOGEBIA PUSILLA;

EID: 2342569647     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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