The interaction between nutrient availability and disturbance frequency on the diversity of benthic marine communities on the north-east coast of England

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-31

  Sugden, Heather ^a   Lenz, Mark ^b   Molis, Markus ^c   Wahl, Martin ^b   Thomason, Jeremy C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Fouling communities; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Marine biodiversity; Productivity diversity relationships; Succession

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COAST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOULING ORGANISM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 37349029380     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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