Associations between macrobenthos and invasive cordgrass, Spartina anglica, in the Danish Wadden Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-329

  Tang, Min ^a,b   Kristensen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Danish Wadden Sea; Invertebrate macrobenthos; Non parametric multidimensional scaling; Seasonal variation; Spartina anglica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FAUNA; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROBENTHOS; MUDFLAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ARENICOLA MARINA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MACOMA BALTHICA; PELOSCOLEX BENEDENI; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 78449262680     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0187-2     Document Type: Article

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