Grazing effect of the invasive reef-forming polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel) on phytoplankton biomass in a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 354, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-219

  Bruschetti, Martin ^a,b   Luppi, Tomas ^a,b   Fanjul, Eugenia ^a,b   Rosenthal, Alan ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estuary; Ficopomatus enigmaticus; Grazing impact; Invasive species; Mesocosms; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL LAGOON; DETRITUS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING PRESSURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCHAETE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REEF; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR CHIQUITA LAGOON; SOUTH AMERICA;

FICOPOMATUS ENIGMATICUS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 38049045654     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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