Succession of macrofauna on macroalgal wrack of an exposed sandy beach: Effects of patch size and site

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-40

  Olabarria, C ^a   Lastra, M ^a   Garrido, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Drift line; Experimental manipulation; Macroalgal wrack; Macrofaunal assemblages; Patch size; Sandy beaches; Succession

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BEACHES; BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DRIFT LINE; EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATION; MACROALGAL WRACK; MACROFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES; PATCH SIZE; SANDY BEACHES; SUCCESSION;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BEACH; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAUNA; MACROALGA; PATCH SIZE; SITE EFFECT; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPOSURE; MACROALGA; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASHORE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; SPAIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 33845655320     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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