Does invasion of hybrid cordgrass change estuarine food webs?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 917-926

  Brusati, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Grosholz, Edwin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Invasive Plant Council   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Ecosystem engineers; Food webs; Invertebrates; Salt marsh; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 61449136914     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9304-4     Document Type: Article

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