Biogenic disturbance determines invasion success in a subtidal soft-sediment system

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1299-1307

  Lohrer, Andrew M ^a   Chiaroni, Luca D ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Thrush, Simon F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acentrogobius pflaumii; Bioturbation; Disturbance; Diversity; Echinocardium (spatangoida); Invasion; New Zealand; Soft sediment; Theora lubrica

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTURBATION; COLONIZATION; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT TYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACENTROGOBIUS PFLAUMII; BIVALVIA; ECHINOCARDIUM; GOBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SEMELIDAE; SPATANGOIDA; THEORA LUBRICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEA URCHIN; SEASON; SEDIMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEA URCHINS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46749154262     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0421.1     Document Type: Article

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