Nutrient status, plant availability and seasonal forcing mediate fish herbivory in temperate seagrass beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 409, Issue , 2010, Pages 229-239

  Prado, Patricia ^a   Romero, Javier ^b   Alcoverro, Teresa ^c  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Mediterranean; Nutrient addition; Plant physiology; Sarpa salpa; Seagrass herbivory; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HERBIVORY; LEAF AREA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALATABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SARPA SALPA;

EID: 77954115471     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08585     Document Type: Article

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