Effects of oyster death and shell disarticulation on associated communities of epibiota

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 60-67

  Summerhayes, Stephen A ^a   Bishop, Melanie J ^b   Leigh, Andrea ^a   Kelaher, Brendan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degradation; Epibiota; Habitat structure; Oysters; Saccostrea glomerata

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIVALVE; DEGRADATION; EPIBIONT; EPIFAUNA; FILTRATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SHELL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAWKESBURY RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA GLOMERATA;

EID: 70349216323     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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