Interactions between seagrasses and burrowing ghost shrimps and their influence on infaunal assemblages

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-84

  Berkenbusch, Katrin ^a   Rowden, Ashley A ^a   Myers, Thomas E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Dunedin City Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Callianassidae; Ecosystem engineers; Infauna; Transplant experiments; Zosteraceae

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BURROWING ORGANISM; CRUSTACEAN; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPATRY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 33845960770     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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