Interacting effects of deposit feeding and tidal resuspension on benthic microalgal community structure and spatial patterns

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 440, Issue , 2011, Pages 53-65

  Plante, Craig ^a   Frank, Emily ^a   Roth, Patricia ^a  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; DGGE; Diatom; Disturbance; Intertidal; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FECES; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROALGA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESUSPENSION; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BALANOGLOSSUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 80055072379     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09326     Document Type: Article

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