Regulation of benthic algal and animal communities by salt marsh plants: Impact of shading

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 904-917

  Whitcraft, Christine R ^a   Levin, Lisa A ^a  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic properties; Biodiversity; Cordgrass; Light; Macrobenthos; Microalgae; Pickleweed; Plant cover; Salicornia virginica; Spartina foliosa; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIGHT EFFECT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHADING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOOSEFOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; SUNLIGHT;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHENOPODIACEAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUNLIGHT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34247334233     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-2074     Document Type: Article

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