Comparing biodiversity effects among ecosystem engineers of contrasting strength: Macrofauna diversity in Zostera noltii and Spartina anglica vegetations

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-18

  Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a   Ortells, Victor ^a   Ysebaert, Tom ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic macrofauna; Diversity; Ecosystem engineering; Habitat complexity; Habitat modification; Intertidal flats; Invasion; Plant benthos interaction; Productivity; Spartina anglica; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HALOPHYTE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATCHINESS; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 60949094699     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-008-0133-8     Document Type: Article

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