Consumer identity, abundance and nutrient concentration affect epiphyte diversity in an experimental eelgrass system

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1745-1754

  Jaschinski, Sybill ^a   Flöder, Sabine ^b   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DIVERSITY INDEX; EPIPHYTE; GASTROPOD; GRASS; ISOPOD; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS OCEANICUS; GASTROPODA; IDOTEA; IDOTEA BALTICA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; RISSOA; RISSOA MEMBRANACEA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 77958499677     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18377.x     Document Type: Article

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