Anthropogenic enrichment alters a marine benthic food web

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2726-2736

  Tewfik, Alexander ^a,d   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^b   McCann, Kevin S ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous nutrients; Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment; Autochthonous detritus; Benthic macrophytes; Caribbean seagrass bed; Diversity; Macro invertebrate grazers; Overgrazing; Phytoplankton; Sea urchins; Seagrass detritus; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OVERFISHING; OVERGRAZING; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ECHINOIDEA; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 26044471410     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1537     Document Type: Article

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