Bottom-up and cascading top-down control of macroalgae along a depth gradient

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-63

  Korpinen, Samuli ^a   Jormalainen, Veijo ^a   Honkanen, Tuija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Eutrophication; Fish predation; Herbivory; Macroalgal control; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COLONIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERCID; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 33847126243     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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