Influence of seagrass meadows on predator-prey habitat segregation in an Adriatic lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 374, Issue , 2009, Pages 85-99

  Schultz, S T ^a   Kruschel, C ^c   Bakran Petricioli, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Abundance; Adriatic; Diversity; Habitat structure; Predation; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIEL VARIATION; EEL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAGOON; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NOVIGRAD; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERISESSOR OPHIOCEPHALUS;

EID: 60049090756     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07779     Document Type: Article

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