Oceanographic gradients and patterns in invertebrate assemblages on offshore oil platforms

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 851-861

  Page, Henry M ^a   Culver, Carolynn S ^a   Dugan, Jenifer E ^a   Mardian, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Biogeographical transition; Recruitment; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; OIL PLATFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIPODA; ANEMONE; BRYOZOA; DIADUMENE; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; THORACICA; WATERSIPORA SUBTORQUATA;

EID: 46249123425     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn060     Document Type: Article

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