Top-Down impact through a bottom-Up mechanism: The effect of limpet grazing on growth, productivity and carbon allocation of Zostera marina L. (eelgrass)

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 560-567

  Zimmerman, Richard C ^a,b   Kohrs, Donald G ^a   Alberte, Randall S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Grazing; Limpets; Productivity; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

HALOPHILA; PATELLIDAE; TECTURA DEPICTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0029801415     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333949     Document Type: Article

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