Effects of habitat complexity on the diversity and abundance of macrofauna colonising artificial kelp holdfasts

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 325, Issue , 2006, Pages 93-100

  Hauser, Alison ^a   Attrill, Martin J ^a   Cotton, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial habitats; Colonisation; Habitat complexity; Kelp holdfasts; Macrofauna

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; KELP FOREST; MEIOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AMPHIPODA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 33845454719     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps325093     Document Type: Article

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