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The influence of quantitative and qualitative aspects of habitat complexity in tropical sea-grass meadows
| Title: | The influence of quantitative and qualitative aspects of habitat complexity in tropical sea-grass meadows. |
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| Name(s): |
Stoner, Allan W., creator Lewis, F. Graham, III, creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1985 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 23 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3353763 (digitool), FADT3353763 (IID), fau:6602 (fedora), 10.1016/0022-0981(85)90048-6 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
In sea-grass meadows of Islas Los Roques, Venezuela, densities of turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum (König)) and the understory of calcareous green algae (Halimeda opuntia (Linnaeus)) were manipulated in nine experimental treatments and controls to examine the influence of both quantitative (biomass and total surface area) and qualitative (architectural) aspects of habitat complexity on crustacean assemblages. Small, motile epifaunal crustaceans quickly colonized manipulated habitats, with numbers of individuals and species becoming asymptotic within 5 days. The final published version of this manuscript is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00220981 and may be cited as: Stoner, A. W., & Lewis, F. G., III. (1985). The influence of quantitative and qualitative aspects of habitat complexity in tropical sea-grass meadows. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 94(1-3), 19-40. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(85)90048-6 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #467. |
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| Subject(s): |
Seagrasses Thalassia testudinum Turtle grass Seagrasses--Habitat Halimeda Decapoda (Crustacea) |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3353763 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(85)90048-6 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1985 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
