Impacts of an alien species (Spartina alterniflora) on the macrobenthos community of Jiangsu coastal inter-tidal ecosystem

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-528

  Zhou, Hong Xia ^a,b   Liu, Jin e ^a   Qin, Pei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

Alien species; Inter tidal ecosystem; Macrobenthos; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

ALIEN SPECIES; ANNELIDA; BULK DENSITIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CRUSTACEA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INTER-TIDAL ECOSYSTEM; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSCA; MUDFLAT; SALT MARSHES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTERS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY SITES; TIDAL FLATS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; WETLANDS;

VEGETATION;

ANNELID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROBENTHOS; MOLLUSC; MUDFLAT; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 64749105953     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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