The importance of water-retaining features for biodiversity on artificial intertidal coastal defence structures

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1275-1283

  Firth, Louise B ^a,b   Thompson, Richard C ^c   White, Freya J ^b   Schofield, Meredith ^b   Skov, Martin W ^b   Hoggart, Simon P G ^c   Jackson, Juliette ^c   Knights, Antony M ^a,d   Hawkins, Stephen J ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial coastal defence structures; Biodiversity; Climate change; Environmental heterogeneity; Rock pool; Tidal height

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; ROCK POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883653604     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12079     Document Type: Article

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