Infaunal biodiversity and ecological function on a remote oceanic island: The role of biogeography and bio-physical surrogates

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-237

  Anderson, T J ^a,b   McArthur, M A ^a   Syms, C ^b   Nichol, S ^a   Brooke, B ^a  

^a Geoscience Australia   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Feeding guilds; Habitat mapping; Landscape configuration; Lord Howe Island; Lord Howe Island (31 33'S, 159 04'E); Macrofauna; Oceanic convergence; Pacific Ocean; Soft sediments; Surrogates; Tasman Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; COASTAL LAGOON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GUILD; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIBEAM SONAR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATCHINESS; SEAFLOOR; SHELF SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURROGATE METHOD; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; LORD HOWE ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 84873718232     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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