Spartina anglica eradication experiment and in situ monitoring assess structuring strength of habitat complexity on marine macrofauna at high tidal level

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 629-640

  Cottet, Maud ^a   de Montaudouin, Xavier ^a   Blanchet, Hugues ^a   Lebleu, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

benthic macrofauna; restoration; Spartina anglica; structuring factors

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROBENTHOS; MONITORING; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOBENTHOS;

AQUITAINE; ARCACHON BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GIRONDE; WESTERN EUROPE;

HYDROBIA ULVAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 33846226548     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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