Seagrass patch characteristics alter direct and indirect interactions in a tritrophic estuarine food web

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 499-510

  Johnson, Matthew W ^a   Heck Jr , Kenneth L ^b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FISH; FOOD WEB; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; MESOCOSM; PATCH SIZE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAGRASS; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; PALAEMONETES; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 33748568466     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784997     Document Type: Article

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