Ecosystem engineering and biodiversity in coastal sediments: Posing hypotheses

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a   Olenin, Sergej ^c,d   Reise, Karsten ^e   Ysebaert, Tom ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIFOB   (Norway)

^d KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioturbation; Ecosystem engineering; Endobenthos; Epibenthos; Facilitation; Inhibition; Introduced species; Invasive species; Soft bottom; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTURBATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PATCHINESS;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 60949085865     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0146-y     Document Type: Article

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