Mechanisms generating modification of benthos following tidal flat invasion by a Spartina hybrid

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1391-1404

  Neira, Carlos ^a   Grosholz, Edwin D ^b   Levin, Lisa A ^a   Blake, Rachael ^b  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid Spartina; Larval recruitment; Macrobenthos; Plant invasion; Plant animal interaction; Predation; San Francisco Bay; Sediment deposition; Spartina alterniflora; Trophic shift; Water flow; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; HABITAT QUALITY; HYBRID; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAWEED; TAXONOMY; TIDAL FLAT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CAPITELLIDA; CIRRATULIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; THORACICA; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 33747103476     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1391:MGMOBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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