Edge patterns in aquatic invertebrates explained by predictive models

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-218

  MacReadie, Peter I ^a,b,f   Connolly, Rod M ^c   Jenkins, Gregory P ^a,d   Hindell, Jeremy S ^a,e   Keough, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Victorian Marine Science Consortium   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Current flow; Edge distribution; Plankton tube traps; Predictive model; Seagrass.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CURRENT VELOCITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MEIOFAUNA; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CUMACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77649298421     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09072     Document Type: Article

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