Restructuring of benthic communities in eutrophic estuaries: Lower abundance of prey leads to trophic shifts from omnivory to grazing

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 380, Issue , 2009, Pages 43-57

  Fox, Sophia E ^a,b   Teichberg, Mirta ^a,c   Olsen, Ylva S ^a,d   Heffner, Leanna ^a,e   Valiela, Ivan ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Crustacean; Eutrophication; Food web; Hypoxia; Macroalgae; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GRAZING; HYPOXIA; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OMNIVORY; PREY AVAILABILITY;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 67649188924     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07917     Document Type: Article

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