Fecal production by sea urchins in native and invaded algal beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 396, Issue , 2009, Pages 35-48

  Sauchyn, Leah K ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codium fragile; Feces; Invasive species; Kelp bed; Membranipora membranacea; Rocky subtidal zone; Saccharina longicruris; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; DETRITIVORY; ECHINODERM; FECES; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; GREEN ALGA; INVASIVE SPECIES; KELP FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WAVE MODELING;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM; CODIUM FRAGILE; ECHINOIDEA; MEMBRANIPORA MEMBRANACEA; SACCHARINA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 73649139280     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08296     Document Type: Article

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