Patterns of higher taxon colonisation and development in sessile marine benthic assemblages at Casey Station, Antarctica, and their use in environmental monitoring

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 365, Issue , 2008, Pages 77-89

  Stark, Jonathan S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage succession; Colonisation; Environmental impact; Marine benthos; Monitoring; Settlement panels

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BRYOZOAN; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIBIONT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POLYCHAETE; SESSILE SPECIES; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

BRYOZOA; POLYCHAETA; SPIRORBIDAE;

EID: 52249084108     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07559     Document Type: Article

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