Functional composition, but not richness, affected the performance of sessile suspension-feeding assemblages

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-221

  Valdivia, Nelson ^a   de la Haye, Kate L ^b,c   Jenkins, Stuart R ^b,d   Kimmance, Susan A ^e   Thompson, Richard C ^c   Molis, Markus ^a  

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

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning; Complementarity Effect; Density; Ecosystem Functioning; Filtration Rates; Resource Consumption; Selection Effects; Suspension Feeders

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER FEEDING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; PLYMOUTH [ENGLAND]; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 62849111265     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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