Positive effects of mesograzers on epiphytes in an eelgrass system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 401, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-85

  Jaschinski, Sybill ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gammarus; Grazing; Herbivores; Idotea; Littorina; Mutualism; Nutrients; Periphyton; Rissoa

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CARBON FIXATION; EPIPHYTE; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; ISOPOD; MESOCOSM; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERIPHYTON; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEAGRASS;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS OCEANICUS; GASTROPODA; IDOTEA; IDOTEA BALTICA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; RISSOA; RISSOA MEMBRANACEA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 77649312814     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08412     Document Type: Article

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