Zostera muelleri as a structuring agent of benthic communities in a large intertidal sandflat in New Zealand

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-27

  Battley, P F ^a   Melville, D S ^b   Schuckard, R ^c   Ballance, P F ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Dovedale   (New Zealand)

^c 4351 Croisilles French Pass Road ^*  (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intertidal Benthos; New Zealand; Seagrass; Zostera Muelleri

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIDAL FLAT; VEGETATION COVER; ZOOBENTHOS;

NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

EID: 78650815263     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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