Reduced performance of native infauna following recruitment to a habitat-forming invasive marine alga

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 733-745

  Gribben, Paul E ^a   Wright, Jeffrey T ^b   O'Connor, Wayne A ^c   Doblin, Martina A ^a   Eyre, Bradley ^d   Steinberg, Peter D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anadara trapezia; Bivalve; Caulerpa taxifolia; Fitness; Growth; Invasion biology; Juveniles; Maladaptive; Soft sediment; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ANOXIA; BIVALVE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FACILITATION; FITNESS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVORSHIP; WATER COLUMN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CAULERPA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARCIDAE; CAULERPA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; ANADARA; ANADARA TRAPEZIA; BIVALVIA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 57749179068     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1181-0     Document Type: Article

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