Crab bioturbation and herbivory reduce pre- and post-germination success of Sarcocornia perennis in bare patches of SW Atlantic salt marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 400, Issue , 2010, Pages 55-61

  Alberti, Juan ^a,b   Escapa, Mauricio ^a,b   Daleo, Pedro ^a,b   Casariego, Agustina Méndez ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Burrowing crabs; Herbivory; Neohelice granulata; Salt marsh; Sarcocornia perennis

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COLONIZATION; CRAB; GERMINATION; HALOPHYTE; HERBIVORY; PIONEER SPECIES; SALTMARSH; SEED BURIAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; CHASMAGNATHUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS;

EID: 77749309825     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08440     Document Type: Article

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