The function of marine critical transition zones and the importance of sediment biodiversity

Ecosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 430-451

  Levin, Lisa A ^a   Boesch, Donald F ^b   Covich, Alan ^c   Dahm, Cliff ^d   Erséus, Christer ^e   Ewel, Katherine C ^f   Kneib, Ronald T ^g   Moldenke, Andy ^h   Palmer, Margaret A ⁱ   Snelgrove, Paul ^j   Strayer, David ^k   Weslawski, Jan Marcin ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^f PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Bldg 142   (United States)

^j MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^k CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^l INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Climate change; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Estuaries; Eutrophication; Functional group; Habitat alteration; Mangrove; Overfishing; Salt marsh; Species invasion; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 17944371260     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-001-0021-4     Document Type: Review

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