Historical configuration of habitat influences the effects of disturbance on mobile invertebrates

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 299, Issue , 2005, Pages 79-87

  Goodsell, Paris J ^a,b   Connell, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Habitat structure; History; Macroalgae; Mobile invertebrates; Severity

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 26244444291     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps299079     Document Type: Article

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