Trophic heterogeneity in salt marshes of the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 331, Issue , 2007, Pages 49-65

  Moody, Ryan M ^a,b   Aronson, Richard B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Callinectes sapidus; Littoraria irrorata; Predation; Salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora; Sublethal shell damage; Tethering experiment

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CRAB; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEADOW; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALTMARSH; SNAIL; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; LITTORARIA; LITTORARIA IRRORATA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33947104060     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps331049     Document Type: Article

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