Strong impacts of grazing amphipods on the organization of a benthic community

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-263

  Duffy, J Emmett ^a   Hay, Mark E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Ampithoe longimana; Community organization; Diplodus holbrooki; Food webs; Mesocosms; North Carolina; Seaweeds; Trophic cascade; USA

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; FACILITATION; GRAZING; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAWEED;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; AMPITHOE LONGIMANA;

EID: 0033819941     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2000)070[0237:SIOGAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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