The impact of herbivore type and grazing pressure on benthic microalgal diversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Herbivory; Idothea; Littorina; Microphytobenthos; Periphyton; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY;

IDOTEA CHELIPES; LITTORINA LITTOREA;

EID: 0033006758     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.22052.x     Document Type: Article

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