Native species behaviour mitigates the impact of habitat-forming invasive seaweed

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 527-534

  Wright, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Byers, James E ^c,d   Koukoumaftsis, Loni P ^a   Ralph, Peter J ^e   Gribben, Paul E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineers; Hypoxia; Infauna; Marine algae; Soft sediment ecology

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIVALVE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FITNESS; HYPOXIA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; SEAWEED; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVORSHIP; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIVALVE; CAULERPA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA; SEDIMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARCIDAE; AUSTRIA; CAULERPA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; ANADARA; ANADARA TRAPEZIA; BIVALVIA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA;

EID: 77952319594     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1608-2     Document Type: Article

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