Effects of a nonnative habitat-forming species on mobile and sessile epifaunal communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 398, Issue , 2009, Pages 69-80

  Sellheim, Kirsten ^a   Stachowicz, John J ^a   Coates, R Cameron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epifauna; Exotic species; Habitat complexity; Habitat engineer; Watersipora subtorquata

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRYOZOAN; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POLYCHAETE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA; BRYOZOA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; UROCHORDATA; WATERSIPORA; WATERSIPORA SUBTORQUATA;

EID: 74049083235     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08341     Document Type: Article

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