Impacts of nutrient reduction on coastal communities

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-118

  Philippart, Catharina J M ^a   Beukema, Jan J ^a   Cadée, Gerhard C ^a   Dekker, Rob ^a   Goedhart, Paul W ^b   Van Iperen, Jolanda M ^a   Leopold, Mardik F ^b   Herman, Peter M J ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal marine ecosystems; Community structure; Estuarine birds; Eutrophication; Macrozoobenthos; Management; Nutrient reduction; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES;

EID: 34249718372     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-006-9006-7     Document Type: Article

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