Invertebrate dispersal and habitat heterogeneity: Expression of biological traits in a seagrass landscape

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-117

  Boström, Christoffer ^a   Törnroos, Anna ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biological traits; Dispersal; Patch size; Physical disturbance; Post settlement; Recruitment; Seagrass landscape

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; CRUSTACEAN; DISPERSAL; HETEROGENEITY; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NEMATODE; PATCH SIZE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SCUBA DIVING; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 78349312534     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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