Do mangrove root structures function to shelter benthic macrofauna from predators?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Kon, Koetsu ^a   Kurokura, Hisashi ^a   Tongnunui, Prasert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SRIVIJAYA   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Caging experiment; Macrofauna; Mangrove; Predation; Refuge site

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CRAB; HABITAT USE; MANGROVE; PREDATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SHELTER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PERIOPHTHALMUS; PERIOPHTHALMUS ARGENTILINEATUS; PERISESARMA; RHIZOPHORA; UCA;

EID: 59849112525     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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