Nutrient enhancement increases performance of a marine herbivore via quality of its food alga

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1052-1064

  Hemmi, Anne ^a   Jormalainen, Veijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brown algae; Eutrophication; Fucus vesiculosus; Herbivore fecundity; Herbivory; Idotea baltica; Isopod growth; Isopods; Marine herbivore; Nutrients; Performance; Plant quality

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; EUTROPHICATION; FECUNDITY; HERBIVORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; IDOTEA; IDOTEA BALTICA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0037884976     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1052:NEIPOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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