Effects of clam digging on benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in a Maine mudflat

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-324

  Logan, John M ^a,b  

^a Colby College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR;

EID: 33645745738     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0315:EOCDOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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