A parasite indirectly impacts both abundance of primary producers and biomass of secondary producers in an intertidal benthic community

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-226

  Mouritsen, Kim N ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; AUSTROVENUS STUCHBURII; BIVALVIA; COELENTERATA; DILOMA SUBROSTRATA; GASTROPODA; HERE; NEMERTEA; POLYCHAETA; TREMATODA;

EID: 33644905865     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013063     Document Type: Article

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