Recovery of meiofauna communities following mudflat disturbance by trampling associated with crab-tiling

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-416

  Johnson, Gareth E L ^a,b   Attrill, Martin J ^a   Sheehan, Emma V ^a   Somerfield, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crab tiling; Disturbance; Meiofauna; Nematodes; Recovery

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; GROWTH KINETICS;

CRAB-TILING; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANGLING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRAB; HARVESTING; MEIOFAUNA; MUDFLAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RECOVERY; TRAMPLING;

ARTICLE; CRAB; EBB TIDE; ECOSYSTEM; MEIOFAUNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODA; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEMATODA;

EID: 34548040153     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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