Eutrophication and trophic structure in response to the presence of the eelgrass Zostera noltii

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2107-2120

  Baeta, Alexandra ^a,c   Valiela, Ivan ^b   Rossi, Francesca ^a   Pinto, Rute ^a   Richard, Pierre ^c   Niquil, Nathalie ^c   Marques, João C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; MEADOW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

SCROBICULARIA PLANA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 70349862913     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1241-y     Document Type: Article

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