Invertebrate community responses to recreational clam digging

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1489-1497

  Griffiths, Jennifer ^a   Dethier, Megan N ^a   Newsom, Amanda ^a   Byers, James E ^b   Meyer, John J ^b   Oyarzun, Fernanda ^a   Lenihan, Hunter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; MOLLUSC; POLYCHAETE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN COUNTY [WASHINGTON]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33748416614     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0289-1     Document Type: Article

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