Decoupling of nutrient and grazer impacts on a benthic estuarine diatom assemblage

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-382

  Armitage, Anna R ^a   Gonzalez, Vanessa L ^a   Fong, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic microalgae; California; Cerithidea californica; diatoms; eutrophication; herbivores; Mugu Lagoon; restoration; USA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COASTAL LAGOON; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GRAIN SIZE; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MICROALGA; PHYTOBENTHOS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SNAIL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; MUGU LAGOON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CERITHIDEA CALIFORNICA; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 68949151788     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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