Cascading effects of predator diversity and omnivory in a marine food web

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1048-1056

  Bruno, John F ^a   O'Connor, Mary I ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Food web; Macroalgae; Omnivory; Predator; Primary production; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OMNIVORY; PREDATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; BLENNIOIDEI; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; ISOPODA; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES;

EID: 25144469026     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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