Simulated eelgrass Zostera marina structural complexity: Effects of shoot length, shoot density, and surface area on the epifaunal community of San Diego Bay, California, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 326, Issue , 2006, Pages 115-131

  Sirota, Lindsay ^a,b   Hovel, Kevin A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aspen Environmental Group   (United States)

Author keywords

ASU; Colonization; Community composition; Habitat structure; Seagrass; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE AREA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 33845893897     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps326115     Document Type: Article

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