Seagrass beds and intertidal invertebrates: An experimental test of the role of habitat structure

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 575, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Cardoso, P G ^a   Raffaelli, D ^b   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial seagrass unit; Habitat structure; Hydrobia ulvae; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; ESTUARIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARTIFICIAL SEAGRASS UNIT; HABITAT STRUCTURES; HYDROBIA ULVAE; INTERTIDAL INVERTEBRATES; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION RISK; SEAGRASS; SNAIL; SURVIVAL;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 33845454614     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0375-x     Document Type: Article

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