Landscape ecology of interactions between seagrass and mobile epifauna: The matrix matters

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 404-412

  Tanner, Jason E ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

edge effects; epifauna; habitat; landscape ecology; matrix; patch size; seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAGRASS;

AMPHIPODA; HETEROZOSTERA; ISOPODA; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA;

EID: 33744979290     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.01.029     Document Type: Article

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