Complex and inconsistent patterns of variation in benthos, micro-algae and sediment over multiple spatial scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 398, Issue , 2009, Pages 33-47

  Chapman, M G ^a   Tolhurst, T J ^a   Murphy, R J ^a   Underwood, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic assemblage; Components of variation; Intertidal soft sediment; Microphytobenthos; Scales; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MICROALGA; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALGAE;

EID: 74049105531     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08328     Document Type: Article

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