Evidence of a planktonic food web response to changes in nutrient input dynamics in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon, Spain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 359-369

  Perez Ruzafa A ^a   Gilabert, J ^b   Gutierrez J M ^a   Fernandez A I ^a   Marcos, C ^a   Sabah, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Eutrophication; Jellyfish; Pelagic food web; Size biomass spectra; Top down control

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATES;

AGRICULTURE PRACTICES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COASTAL LAGOON; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; COTYLORHIZA TUBERCULATA; SCYPHOZOA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 0037095983     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020343510060     Document Type: Article

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