Predation on Posidonia australis seeds in seagrass habitats of Rottnest Island, Western Australia: Patterns and predators

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 105-114

  Orth, Robert J ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^b   Marion, Scott R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Posidonia australis; Predators; Seagrass; Seed predation; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DEMOGRAPHY; FIELD METHOD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; SEAGRASS; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; ROTTNEST ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745623142     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313105     Document Type: Article

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