Effects of isopod grazing: An experimental comparison in temperate (Idotea balthica, Baltic Sea, Finland) and subtropical (Erichsonella attenuata, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A.) ecosystems

Crustaceana

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-200

  Boström, Christoffer ^a   Mattila, Johanna ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; ISOPOD; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ERICHSONELLA ATTENUATA; HALODULE WRIGHTII; IDOTEA BALTICA; ISOPODA; PECTINATUS; RUPPIA MARITIMA; SAN ANGELO VIRUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 21244434855     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568540054020541     Document Type: Article

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