Biotic habitat complexity controls species diversity and nutrient effects on net biomass production

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 246-254

  Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^a   Rubach, Anja ^a   Hillebrand, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biodiversity; Canopy cover; Coastal ecosystems; Ecosystem function; Eutrophication; Fucus vesiculosus; Macroalgae; Marine diversity; Subtidal ecology

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FUCUS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FUCUS; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

EID: 33644838441     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0090     Document Type: Article

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