Habitat configuration affects colonisation of epifauna in a marine algal bed

Biological Conservation

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-26

  Roberts, David A ^a   Poore, Alistair G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal beds; Colonisation; Epifauna; Isolation; Matrix; Patch size

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; OSTRACODA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POLYCHAETA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM LINEARIFOLIUM;

EID: 27644534150     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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