Modeling of priority effects and species dominance in long Island Sound benthic communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 413, Issue , 2010, Pages 229-240

  Munguia, Pablo ^a,b   Osman, Richard W ^a   Hamilton, John ^c   Whitlatch, Robert B ^c   Zajac, Roman N ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community threshold; Dispersal; Life history; Model

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BRYOZOAN; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; SEASONALITY; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; DIPLOSOMA LISTERIANUM;

EID: 77957355960     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08764     Document Type: Article

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