Succession-driven facilitation of macrofaunal communities in sublittoral blue mussel habitats

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 945-954

  Koivisto, Maria ^a,b   Westerbom, Mats ^a,c   Riihimäki, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 79955068898     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1621-3     Document Type: Article

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