Temporal and spatial macrofaunal community changes along a salinity gradient in seagrass meadows of Akkeshi-ko estuary and Akkeshi Bay, northern Japan

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 592, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 345-358

  Yamada, Katsumasa ^a   Hori, Masakazu ^b   Tanaka, Yoshiyuki ^c   Hasegawa, Natsuki ^d   Nakaoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environments of Inland Sea   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community structure; Macrofauna; Northern Pacific coast; Salinity gradient; Zostera spp.

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ESTUARIES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROFAUNA; NORTHERN PACIFIC COAST; SALINITY GRADIENTS; ZOSTERA SPP.;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AKKESHI BAY; AKKESHI ESTUARY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

ZOSTERA;

EID: 34548463802     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0767-6     Document Type: Article

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