Impacts of dugong foraging on benthic animal communities in a Thailand seagrass bed

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 625-638

  Nakaoka, Masahiro ^a,d   Mukai, Hiroshi ^b   Chunhabundit, Suraphol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthic animals; Community diversity; Disturbance; Dugong foraging; Tropical seagrass bed

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SIRENIAN; ZOOBENTHOS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; DUGONG DUGON; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; LUCINIDAE; PILLUCINA; TRIXIS;

EID: 24944441698     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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