Modelling wave-induced disturbance in highly biodiverse marine macroalgal communities: Support for the intermediate disturbance hypothesis

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-520

  England, Phillip R ^a   Phillips, Julia ^a   Waring, Jason R ^a   Symonds, Graham ^a   Babcock, Russell ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Orbital motion; Wave modelling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMAX; COASTAL WATER; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; MACROALGA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WAVE FORCE; WAVE MODELING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 45849101650     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07224     Document Type: Article

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