Invited review: Direct and indirect effects in herbivore - Periphyton interactions

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-453

  Liess, Antonia ^a   Hillebrand, Helmut ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Grazing; Heterogeneity; Indirect effects; Meta analysis; Nutrient content; Periphyton; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAZING; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942505300     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0159-0433     Document Type: Review

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