Predicted benthic disturbance regimes on the Australian continental shelf: A modelling approach

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 449, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-25

  Harris, Peter T ^a   Hughes, Michael G ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Disturbance regime; Ecological succession; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Physical processes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL PROTECTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYCLONE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNITUDE; MOBILIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84858134445     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09463     Document Type: Article

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