Proximity to rocky reefs alters the balance between positive and negative effects on seagrass fauna

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 405, Issue , 2010, Pages 175-186

  Tuya, Fernando ^a,b,f   Vanderklift, Mathew A ^c   Hyndes, G A ^b   Wernberg, T ^b,d   Thomsen, M S ^b,e   Hanson, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross habitat exchanges; Edge effects; Gastropods; Habitat connectivity; Habitat linkages; Predation; Rocky reefs; Supply side processes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; EDGE EFFECT; GASTROPOD; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; MORTALITY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

CANTHARIDUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 77954134069     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08516     Document Type: Article

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