Are native Saccostrea glomerata and invasive Crassostrea gigas oysters' habitat equivalents for epibenthic communities in south-eastern Australia?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 420-421, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-25

  Wilkie, Emma M ^a   Bishop, Melanie J ^a   O'Connor, Wayne A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Port Stephens Fisheries Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Ecosystem engineers; Habitat complexity; Pacific oyster; Sydney rock oyster

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT MOSAIC; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE;

AUSTRALIA;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA GLOMERATA;

EID: 84860325414     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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