Context-dependent effects of suspension feeding on intertidal ecosystem functioning

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 354, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-57

  Rossi, R ^a   Gribsholt, B ^b   Middelburg, J J ^a   Heip, C ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benthic respiration; Biodiversity; Context dependence; Macrofauna; Mudflats; Nitrogen cycling; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; ANOXIA; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUDFLAT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RECOLONIZATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CERASTODERMA EDULE; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 40149089263     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07213     Document Type: Article

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