Linking marine and terrestrial food webs: Allochthonous input from the ocean supports high secondary productivity on small islands and coastal land communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 396-423

  Polis, Gary A ^a   Hurd, Stephen D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONOUS INPUT; BIOMASS; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; FOOD WEBS; ISLAND; MARINE/TERRESTRIAL LINK; PRODUCTIVITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO, GULF OF CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029668462     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285858     Document Type: Article

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