Restriction of Spartina anglica (C.E. Hubbard) marsh development by the infaunal polychaete Nereis diversicolor (O.F. Müller)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 202-209

  Paramor, O A L ^a   Hughes, R G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Essex; Nereis diversicolor; saltmarsh erosion; Spartina anglica; Suffolk; UK

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GRASS; POLYCHAETE; SALTMARSH;

BLACKWATER ESTUARY; BLYTHE ESTUARY; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 33845568158     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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