Positive interactions of the smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora on the mud snail Heleobia australis, in South Western Atlantic salt marshes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-190

  Canepuccia, Alejandro D ^a   Escapa, Mauricio ^a   Daleo, Pedro ^a   Alberti, Juan ^a   Botto, Florencia ^a   Iribarne, Oscar O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Heleobia australis; Physical stress factors; Positive interactions; Salt marshes; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GASTROPOD; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; REMEDIATION; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; SNAIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

GASTROPODA; HELEOBIA AUSTRALIS; POACEAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 36348940907     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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