Varying effects of low dissolved oxygen on trophic interactions in an estuarine food web

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-507

  Breitburg, Denise L ^a   Loher, Timothy ^a,b   Pacey, Carol A ^a,c   Gerstein, Adam ^a,d  

^a Estuarine Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidarian; Estuarine eutrophication; Fish; Food web; Low oxygen; Marine ecology; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ACARTIA TONSA; ANCHOA MITCHILLI; CHRYSAORA QUINQUECIRRHA; COPEPODA; GOBIOSOMA BOSC; MORONE SAXATILIS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0031370695     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0489:VEOLDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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