Engineering novel habitats on urban infrastructure to increase intertidal biodiversity

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 625-635

  Chapman, M G ^a   Blockley, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological engineering; Habitat; Intertidal assemblage; Seawall; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; ROCK POOL; SHORELINE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUKARYOTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENGINEERING; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATES; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBANIZATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349281443     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1393-y     Document Type: Article

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