Biodiversity among mussels: Separating the influence of sizes of mussels from the ages of patches

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 551-557

  O'Connor, N E ^a,b   Crowe, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; SIZE EFFECT; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; JAERA FORSMANI; LEPIDONOTUS CLAVA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 34247520670     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407050503     Document Type: Article

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