Host taxonomic relatedness and functional-group affiliation as predictors of seaweed-invertebrate epifaunal associations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 387, Issue , 2009, Pages 125-136

  Bates, Colin R ^a,b  

^a BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Habitat; Invertebrate; Seaweed; Taxonomic relatedness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HOST USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATEDNESS; SEAWEED; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 68649114792     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08089     Document Type: Article

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