Relative and interactive effects of plant and grazer richness in a benthic marine community

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2518-2528

  Bruno, John F ^a   Boyer, Katharyn E ^a,c   Duffy, Emmett ^b   Lee, Sarah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Biodiversity; Complementarity; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Grazers; Herbivory; Macroalgae; Production; Richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GRAZING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ECHINOIDEA;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 54549115067     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1345.1     Document Type: Article

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