Role of supratidal invertebrates in the decomposition of beach-cast green algae Ulva sp.

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 349, Issue , 2007, Pages 33-42

  Catenazzi, Alessandro ^a,b   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous input; Breakdown; Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes; Coastal desert; Invertebrate shredders; Marine macrophyte; Peru

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AMPHIPOD; ARTHROPOD; BEACH; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DESERT; ENERGY FLOW; FEEDING; FOOD WEB; GREEN ALGA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ICA; PARACAS BAY; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; ALGAE; ARTHROPODA; CHILOPODA; CHLOROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; PARAXENYLLA; SPHAEROCERIDAE; TALITRIDAE; TRANSORCHESTIA CHILIENSIS; ULVA;

EID: 37049007402     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07106     Document Type: Article

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