Macrofaunal loss and microhabitat destruction: The impact of trampling in a temperate mangrove forest, NSW Australia

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-184

  Ross, Pauline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Gastropods; Macrofauna; Mangroves; Microhabitat; Trampling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GASTROPOD; MANGROVE; MICROHABITAT; SEDIMENT; TRAMPLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALGAE; ASSIMINEA BUCCINOIDES; BEMBICIUM AURATUM; CALOGLOSSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; HELOECIUS CORDIFORMIS; OPHICARDELUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SALINATOR SOLIDA;

EID: 33645862592     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-7552-y     Document Type: Article

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