Global patterns of macroinvertebrate production in marine benthic habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 297, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-14

  Cusson, Mathieu ^a   Bourget, Edwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Empirical model of production; Environmental factors; Global scale; Invertebrates; P B ratios; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GUILD STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ARTHROPODA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 24044530427     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps297001     Document Type: Review

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