Oceanic rafting by a coastal community

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1706, 2011, Pages 649-655

  Fraser, Ceridwen I ^a   Nikula, Raisa ^a   Waters, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Drifting; Invertebrate; Macroalgae; Marine

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EPIFAUNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; KELP FOREST; MACROALGA; OPEN OCEAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OTAGO; SNARES ISLANDS; SOUTH ISLAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951792252     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1117     Document Type: Article

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