Seasonal variation in invertebrate grazing on Chara connivens and C. tomentosa in Kõiguste Bay, NE baltic sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Kotta, Jonne ^a   Torn, Kaire ^a,b   Martin, Georg ^a   Orav Kotta, Helen ^a,b   Paalme, Tiina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c TALLINN PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Chara; Gammarus; Grazing; Idotea; Photosynthetic activity

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRAZING; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOIGUSTE BAY; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CHARA; CHARA CONNIVENS; CHARA TOMENTOSA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS OCEANICUS; IDOTEA; IDOTEA BALTICA; INVERTEBRATA; PALAEMON; PALAEMON ADSPERSUS;

EID: 3843111514     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-003-0170-2     Document Type: Article

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