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Distribution of macrobenthic crustaceans associated with Thalassia, Halodule and bare sand substrata

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Date Issued:
1984
Title: Distribution of macrobenthic crustaceans associated with Thalassia, Halodule and bare sand substrata.
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Name(s): Lewis, F. Graham, III, creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1984
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
Extent: 14 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3350846 (digitool), FADT3350846 (IID), fau:6462 (fedora)
Note(s): The influence of macrophyte biomass and species composition on the distribution of macrobenthic crustaceans was examined in 2 vegetated and 2 unveqetated grass bed microhabitats under similar physical-chemical conditions. Vegetated habitats consistently supported higher numbers of individuals and species than either of the unvegetated zones. Correlations between plant biomass in each microhabitat and both animal numbers and diversity suggested that seagrass biomass was a key organizing factor in macrophyte-associated faunal assemblages.
This manuscript is available at http://www.int-res.com/ and may be cited as: Lewis, F. G., III. (1984). Distribution of macrobenthic crustaceans associated with Thalassia, Halodule and bare sand substrata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 19, 101-113.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #381.
Subject(s): Biomass
Plant biomass
Crustaceans
Seagrasses
Predation (Biology)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3350846
Restrictions on Access: ©1984 Inter-Research Science Center
Host Institution: FAU