Invertebrate communities associated with blue mussel beds in a patchy environment: A landscape ecology approach

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 471, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-110

  Koivisto, Maria ^a,b   Westerbom, Mats ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Benthic community; Diversity; Habitat area; Isolation; Seascape

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; PATCHINESS; REFUGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84871724307     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10010     Document Type: Article

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