Patchiness of macrobenthic invertebrates in homogenized intertidal habitats: Hidden spatial structure at a landscape scale

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 383, Issue , 2009, Pages 211-224

  Kraan, Casper ^a   Van Der Meer, Jaap ^a   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptic macrozoobenthos; Intertidal; Landscape scale; Patch size; Spatial structure; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

CERASTODERMA EDULE; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII;

EID: 67149144581     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07994     Document Type: Article

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