Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community

Antarctic Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-68

  Waller, Catherine L ^a,b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boulder field; community structure; disturbance; diversity; encrusting

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; ZONATION;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84873872276     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000867     Document Type: Article

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