Species-specific decomposition rates of beach-cast wrack in Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 328, Issue , 2006, Pages 155-160

  Mews, Malte ^a   Zimmer, Martin ^a   Jelinski, Dennis E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beach cast wrack; Decomposition; Macroalgae; Marine terrestrial ecotone; Seagrass; Talitrid amphipods

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSIT FEEDING; ECOTONE; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; PHYTODETRITUS; SEAGRASS;

BARKLEY SOUND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

AMPHIPODA; FUCUS; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS INTEGRIFOLIA; NEREOCYSTIS LUETKEANA; PHYLLOSPADIX; TALITRIDAE; ULVA;

EID: 33846512279     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps328155     Document Type: Article

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