Effects of habitat structure and tidal height on epifaunal assemblages associated with macroalgae

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Cacabelos, Eva ^a   Olabarria, Celia ^a   Incera, Mónica ^b   Troncoso, Jesús S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Centro Tecnologico del Mar Fundacion CETMAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Habitat structure; Height on the shore; Macroalgae; Mobile epifauna; Natural and artificial algae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIFAUNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KELP FOREST; MACROALGA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; TIDAL RANGE;

ALGAE; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA OCHROLEUCA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 77954656273     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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