Variation in recruitment does not drive the cline in diversity along an estuarine gradient

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 410, Issue , 2010, Pages 43-54

  Dethier, Megan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clams; Estuarine; Infauna; Polychaetes; Recruitment; Soft sediment; Supply side

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BEACH; BIVALVE; CLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BIVALVIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77955874384     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08636     Document Type: Article

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