Marine subsidies have multiple effects on coastal food webs

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1424-1434

  Spiller, David A ^a   Piovia Scott, Jonah ^a   Wright, Amber N ^a   Yang, Louie H ^a   Takimoto, Gaku ^b   Schoener, Thomas W ^a   Iwata, Tomoya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allochthonous inputs; Anolis sagrei; Apparent competition; Apparent mutualism; Central bahamas; Conocarpus erectus; Exumas; Food webs; Herbivory, Lizards; Marine subsidies; Resource pulse; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ARTHROPOD; COEXISTENCE; DECOMPOSITION; DIETARY SHIFT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORE; HURRICANE; LIZARD; MUTUALISM; PREDATOR; SEAWEED;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAWEED; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LIZARDS; SEAWEED; TIME FACTORS;

BAHAMAS;

AMPHIPODA; ANOLIS SAGREI; ARTHROPODA; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77951827953     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0715.1     Document Type: Article

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