Marine macrophytes directly enhance abundances of sandy beach fauna through provision of food and habitat

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 77-86

  Ince, Rebecca ^a   Hyndes, Glenn A ^a   Lavery, Paul S ^a   Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a,b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

beach cast wrack; connectivity; macroinvertebrates; sandy beaches; spatial subsidy; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BEACH; BEETLE; DUNE; FAUNA; FLY; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIPODA; ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POSIDONIA; RHODOPHYTA; SPINIFEX;

EID: 34250791278     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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