Importance of vascular plant and algal production to macro-invertebrate consumers in a southern California Salt Marsh

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 823-834

  Page, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal production; California; S. virginica; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH;

CALIFORNIA; CARPINTERIA SALT MARSH; USA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CERITHIDEA CALIFORNICA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELAMPUS OLIVACEUS; MYTILUS GALLOPPROVINCIALIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS; PROTOTHACA STAMINEA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRASKORCHESTIA; TRASKORCHESTIA TRASKIANA;

EID: 0031419671     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0254     Document Type: Article

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