Effects of the invertebrate infauna on early saltmarsh plant colonisation of managed realignment areas in south-east England

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 303, Issue , 2005, Pages 61-71

  Paramor, O A L ^a,b   Hughes, R G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Managed realignment; Nereis diversicolor; Saltmarsh restoration

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOTURBATION; COLONIZATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; ZOOBENTHOS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; HYDROBIA ULVAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 29244445510     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps303061     Document Type: Article

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