Abundance, edge effect, and seasonality of fauna in mixed-species seagrass meadows in southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-291

  Vonk, Jan Arie ^a,b   Christianen, Marjolijn J A ^a   Stapel, Johan ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fish; Infauna; Macrobenthos; Seagrass fauna interactions; Tropical seagrasses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; EDGE EFFECT; FAUNA; FISH; MACROBENTHOS; MEADOW; POLYCHAETE; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDONESIA; SOUTH SULAWESI; SPERMONDE ARCHIPELAGO;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; SIPUNCULA;

EID: 77951450677     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000903233789     Document Type: Article

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