Sediment on rocky intertidal reefs: Effects on early post-settlement stages of habitat-forming seaweeds

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-172

  Schiel, David R ^a   Wood, Spencer A ^a   Dunmore, Robyn A ^a   Taylor, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Durvillaea antarctica; Fucoid algae; Grazers; Hormosira banksii; Rocky intertidal; Sediment; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COASTAL ZONE; GRAZING; HABITAT; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; REEF; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

ALGAE; DURVILLAEA; DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA; HORMOSIRA; HORMOSIRA BANKSII; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33645839869     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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