Seagrass bed patchiness: Effects on epifaunal communities in San Diego Bay, USA

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-174

  Healey, Danielle ^a   Hovel, Kevin A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Epifauna; Habitat structure; Patchiness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PATCHINESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HALOPHILA;

EID: 8144225701     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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