Ecosystem engineers in the pelagic realm: Alteration of habitat by species ranging from microbes to jellyfish

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-200

  Breitburg, Denise L ^a   Crump, Byron C ^b   Dabiri, John O ^c   Gallegos, Charles L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOENGINEERING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; PLANKTON; SEA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON;

ANTHOZOA; OSTREIDAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77954990565     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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