Interactive effects of nutrient additions and predation on infaunal communities

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 785-792

  Posey, Martin H ^a   Alphin, Troy D ^a   Cahoon, Lawrence ^a   Lindquist, David ^a   Becker, Meredith E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; LAEONEREIS CULVERI;

EID: 0032755363     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353111     Document Type: Article

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