Macrobenthic assemblage structure in a cool-temperate intertidal dwarf eelgrass bed in comparison with those from lower latitudes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 527-540

  Barnes, R S K ^a   Ellwood, M D Farnon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic; Community; Diversity; Richness

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSITY INDEX; GRASS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; ENGLAND; KNYSNA ESTUARY; MORETON BAY; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; QUEENSLAND; SCOLT HEAD; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN CAPE;

ZOSTERA JAPONICA;

EID: 80054708516     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01738.x     Document Type: Article

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