Changes in habitat heterogeneity alter marine sessile benthic communities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 925-935

  Munguia, Pablo ^a,c   Osman, Richard W ^a   Hamilton, John ^b   Whitlatch, Robert ^b   Zajac, Roman ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Diversity; Homogeneity; Management; Metacommunity; Model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXTINCTION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONOCULTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ASCIDIACEA;

EID: 79955504793     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2398.1     Document Type: Article

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