Conditional outcomes of facilitation by a habitat-modifying subtidal bivalve

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 226-234

  Norkko, Alf ^a,b   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Thrush, Simon F ^a   Funnell, Greig A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atrina zelandica; Facilitation; Generality; Habitat modification; North Island, New Zealand; Soft sediment macrofauna; Suspended sediment concentration; Suspension feeder

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FACILITATION; FILTER FEEDER; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEDIMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ATRINA; ATRINA ZELANDICA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 32944470196     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0176     Document Type: Article

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