Disturbance mediates the effects of nutrients on developing assemblages of epibiota

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 951-962

  Valdivia, Nelson ^a   Stehbens, Jarrod D ^b   Hermelink, Björn ^c   Connell, Sean D ^b   Molis, Markus ^a   Wahl, Martin ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Disturbance; Diversity; Marine; Nutrient; Top down

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOTA; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 55349121541     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01866.x     Document Type: Article

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