Native and introduced ecosystem engineers produce contrasting effects on estuarine infaunal communities

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 683-695

  Brusati, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Grosholz, Edwin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Invasive Plant Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Cordgrass; Estuaries; Salt marsh; Spartina

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BENTHIC INFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; GRASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 33745662709     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-2889-y     Document Type: Article

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