Priority effects on faunal assemblages within artificial seagrass

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-49

  Irving, Andrew D ^a,b   Tanner, Jason E ^a,b   McDonald, Bryan K ^a,c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Historical effect; Palaemonidae; Recruitment; Zostera

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; EPIPHYTE; SEAGRASS;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PALAEMONIDAE; ZOSTERA;

EID: 33751087519     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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