Top-down and bottom-up control of infauna varies across the saltmarsh landscape

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-34

  Fleeger, J W ^a   Johnson, D S ^a   Galvan K A ^a   Deegan, L A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Indirect effects; Saltmarsh gradient

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANNELID; BENTHOS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CRUSTACEAN; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISH; GROWING SEASON; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; OSTRACOD; SALTMARSH; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; PLUM ISLAND ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANNELIDA; COPEPODA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 40149111168     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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