Nutrient enrichment, grazer identity, and their effects on epiphytic algal assemblages: Field experiments in subtropical turtlegrass Thalassia testudinum meadows

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 406, Issue , 2010, Pages 33-45

  Baggett, Lesley P ^a,b   Heck Jr , Kenneth L ^a,b   Frankovich, Thomas A ^c   Armitage, Anna R ^c,d   Fourqurean, James W ^c  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caridean shrimp; Epiphytes; Gastropods; Grazing; Hermit crab; Nutrient enrichment; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMPHIPOD; BIOMASS; CRAB; EPIPHYTE; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CARIDEAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 77954096878     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08533     Document Type: Article

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