Consumers Control Diversity and Functioning of a Natural Marine Ecosystem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Altieri, Andrew H ^a,b   Trussell, Geoffrey C ^a   Ewanchuk, Patrick J ^a,c   Bernatchez, Genevieve ^a   Bracken, Matthew E S ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SNAILS;

EID: 67649208286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005291     Document Type: Article

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