Regime shift in a coastal marine ecosystem

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 497-510

  Petersen, Jens Kjerulf ^a   Hansen, Jens Würgler ^b   Laursen, Martha Brogaard ^b   Clausen, Preben ^c   Carstensen, Jacob ^a   Conley, Daniel J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Marine Group   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic vegetation; Biological structure; Coastal lagoon; Herbivorous waterbirds; Marine; Regime shift; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SALINITY; SEABIRD; TRANSPARENCY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDTJYLLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; RINGKOBING FJORD; SCANDINAVIA;

BIVALVIA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PLANT; SEA; TIME; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 54549105392     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0752.1     Document Type: Article

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