Effects of physical disturbance on infaunal and epifaunal assemblages in subtropical, intertidal seagrass beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 308, Issue , 2006, Pages 61-78

  Skilleter, Greg A ^a   Cameron, Bronwyn ^a   Zharikov, Yuri ^a   Boland, David ^a   McPhee, Daryl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bait harvesting; Intertidal Zostera; Macrofauna; Physical disturbance

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; MACROBENTHOS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPHIPODA; BASSIA SCOPARIA; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; GASTROPODA; HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; MARPHYSA; POLYCHAETA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

EID: 33644967822     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps308061     Document Type: Article

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