Depth-associated patterns in the development of benthic assemblages on artificial substrata deployed on shallow, subtropical reefs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-51

  Rule, Michael J ^a   Smith, Stephen D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Benthic; Communities; Depth; Epifauna; Subtropical reef

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIFAUNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; REEF; SITE FIDELITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33947722370     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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