Effects of algal and herbivore diversity on the partitioning of biomass within and among trophic levels

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 549-559

  Fox, Jeremy W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Food webs; Microcosms; Protists; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; MICROCOSM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 1542349258     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0095     Document Type: Article

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