The relative importance of food and shelter for seagrass-associated invertebrates: A latitudinal comparison of habitat choice by isopod grazers

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 162-170

  Boström, Christoffer ^a   Mattila, Johanna ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat choice; Habitat complexity; Latitude; Predation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SHELTER;

BALTIC SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

ERICHSONELLA ATTENUATA; IDOTEA BALTICA; ISOPODA;

EID: 0032839223     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050845     Document Type: Article

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