The dependence of intertidal consumers on kelp-derived organic matter on the west coast of South Africa

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-28

  Bustamante, Rodrigo H ^a,b   Branch, George M ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Detritus; Filter feeder; Grazer; Macrophyte; Subsidy; Subtidal; Turnover

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASHORE; SOUTH AFRICA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITUS; FILTER FEEDING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; KELP FOREST; KELP FORESTS; ROCKY SHORE; ROCKY SHORES; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

SOUTH AFRICA, WEST COAST;

EID: 0030088525     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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