Benthic assemblage composition on subtidal reefs along a latitudinal gradient in Western Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-92

  Smale, D A ^a   Kendrick, G A ^a   Waddington, K I ^a   Van Niel, K P ^a   Meeuwig, J J ^a   Harvey, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

benthos; Ecklonia radiata; gradients; Leeuwin Current; subtidal assemblages; temperate reefs

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIGITAL IMAGE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; KELP FOREST; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROALGA; MACROBENTHOS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; REEF; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYTOTHALIA DORYCARPA;

EID: 72149132020     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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