Role of two contrasting ecosystem engineers (Zostera noltii and Cymodocea nodosa) on the food intake rate of Cerastoderma edule

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-25

  Brun, Fernando G ^a   Zetten, Elleke ^a   Cacabelos, Eva ^a   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cockles abundance; Ecosystem engineers; Filter feeding rate; Habitat modification; Sea grasses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING MECHANISM; FOOD SUPPLY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROBENTHOS; SEAGRASS;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; POACEAE; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 60949111959     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-008-0134-7     Document Type: Article

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