The responses of Patuxent River upper trophic levels to nutrient and trace element induced changes in the lower food web

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 2 A, 2003, Pages 365-384

  Bundy, M H ^a   Breitburg, D L ^a   Sellner, K G ^b  

^a Estuarine Research Center   (United States)

^b Chesapeake Research Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

MARYLAND; PATUXENT ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0037707466     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02695974     Document Type: Article

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