Detached kelps from distant sources are a food subsidy for sea urchins

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-335

  Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a,b   Wernberg, Thomas ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drift algae; Food webs; Rocky reefs; Spatial subsidy; Trophic linkages

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHINODERM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; KELP FOREST; REEF; ROCKY SHORE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; KELP; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA URCHIN; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; KELP; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA URCHINS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA; LAMINARIALES;

EID: 48149092616     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1061-7     Document Type: Article

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