Sand addition alters the invertebrate community of intertidal coralline turf

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 345, Issue , 2007, Pages 75-82

  Huff, Tonya M ^a   Jarett, Jessica K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal turf; Coralline algae; Disturbance; Meiofauna; Rocky intertidal; Sand inundation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORALLINE ALGA; GASTROPOD; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SAND WAVE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 35348869693     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06998     Document Type: Article

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