Shift from native mussels to alien oysters: Differential effects of ecosystem engineers

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Kochmann, Judith ^a,b   Buschbaum, Christian ^a   Volkenborn, Nils ^a   Reise, Karsten ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biogenic habitat; Crassostrea gigas; intertidal flat; macrozoobenthos; Mytilus edulis; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER FEEDER; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; POLYCHAETE; TIDAL FLAT; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELMINIUS MODESTUS; GASTROPODA; LANICE CONCHILEGA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MYTILUS EDULIS; OSTREIDAE; PELOSCOLEX BENEDENI; POLYCHAETA; THORACICA;

EID: 49849086397     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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