Recolonization and succession in soft-sediment infaunal communities: The spatial scale of controlling factors

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 375-376, Issue , 1998, Pages 227-240

  Zajac, Roman N ^a   Whitlatch, Robert B ^b   Thrush, Simon F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Infauna; Marine; Recolonization; Soft sediment; Succession

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; RECOLONIZATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

EID: 7844223259     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2864-5_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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