Co-occurrence of habitat-modifying invertebrates: Effects on structural and functional properties of a created salt marsh

Oecologia

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 619-628

  Boyer, Katharyn E ^a,b   Fong, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat modifier; Invertebrate; Restoration; Salicornia; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; ZOOBENTHOS;

ALGA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRACHYURA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BRACHYURA; CALIFORNIA; CHLOROPHYLL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SNAILS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERITHIDEA CALIFORNICA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYGRAPSUS CRASSIPES; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 23944472380     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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