Do burrowing callianassid shrimp control the lower boundary of tropical seagrass beds?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 446, Issue , 2013, Pages 262-272

  Kneer, Dominik ^a   Asmus, Harald ^a   Jompa, Jamaluddin ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Callianassidae; Ecosystem engineers; Exclusion experiment; Seagrass; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BURROWING; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; SOUTH SULAWESI; SPERMONDE ARCHIPELAGO; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84879735985     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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