The primacy of top-down effects in shallow benthic ecosystems

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-381

  Heck Jr , K L ^a   Valentine, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

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EID: 34548027964     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02819384     Document Type: Review

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