Patterns of polychaete communities in relation to environmental perturbations in a subtropical wetland of Hong Kong

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 923-932

  Shen, Ping Ping ^a,b   Zhou, Hong ^c   Gu, Ji Dong ^b,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

environmental stress; indicator; intertidal mudflat; polychaete; subtropical

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MANGROVE; MUDFLAT; PERTURBATION; POLYCHAETE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

CAPITELLA CAPITATA; MINUSPIO CIRRIFERA; NEANTHES; POLYCHAETA; POTAMILLA; THARYX;

EID: 77958488343     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000068     Document Type: Article

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