Effects of nutrients, herbivory, and depth on the macroalgal community in the rocky sublittoral

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 839-852

  Korpinen, S ^a   Jormalainen, V ^a   Honkanen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bottom up; Community control; Depth gradient; Eutrophication; Fucus vesiculosus; Macroalgal colonization; Macroalgal consumption; Nutrient enrichment; Sublittoral herbivory; Top down

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; DEPTH; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT; SEAWEED; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

EID: 34247396610     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0144     Document Type: Article

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