Parasitism as a determinant of community structure on intertidal flats

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 201-213

  Mouritsen, Kim N ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; BURROWING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; PARASITISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; AUSTROVENUS STUCHBURII; BIVALVIA; CALLIANASSA FILHOLI; CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEMERTEA; TREMATODA;

EID: 72749117601     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1310-2     Document Type: Article

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