Land-ocean coupling of carbon and nitrogen fluxes on sandy beaches

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-321

  Schlacher, Thomas A ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food webs; Land ocean coupling; Sandy shores; Trophic subsidy

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIVALVE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BIVALVIA; DONAX DELTOIDES;

EID: 61349142417     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9224-2     Document Type: Article

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