Caging experiment: Relationship between mesh size and artifacts

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-166

  Como, S ^a   Rossi, F ^b   Lardicci, C ^c  

^a International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artifact; Caging; Intertidal; Macrofauna; Mediterranean; Mesh size; Predation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; ARTIFACT; CAGE CULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL A; MARINE SEDIMENT; MESH SIZE; PREDATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; APHELOCHAETA; BRANIA OCULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TANAIS DULONGII; UPOGEBIA PUSILLA;

EID: 33745699485     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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