Cascading effects of fishing can alter carbon flow through a temperate coastal ecosystem

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1874-1887

  Salomon, Anne K ^a,d   Shears, Nick T ^b   Langlois, Timothy J ^b   Babcock, Russell C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon flow; Context dependence; Detritus; Fishing; Food web; Indirect effects; Kelp forest; Marine reserve; Sea urchin; Stable isotopes; Temperate reef; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; ECHINOIDEA; EVECHINUS CHLOROTICUS; JASUS EDWARDSII; OSTREIDAE; PERNA CANALICULUS;

CARBON; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KELP; METABOLISM; NEW ZEALAND; PALINURIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; KELP; NEW ZEALAND; PALINURIDAE; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER;

EID: 63249099115     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1777.1     Document Type: Article

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