Detrital production in Nova Scotian kelp beds: Patterns and processes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 421, Issue , 2011, Pages 67-82

  Krumhansl, Kira A ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detritus; Grazing; Invasive species; Kelp bed; Laminaria digitata; Membranipora membranacea; Productivity; Saccharina longicruris

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; CONNECTIVITY; DETRITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EROSION RATE; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; KELP FOREST; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAGRASS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

BRYOZOA; GASTROPODA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; MEMBRANIPORA MEMBRANACEA; SACCHARINA;

EID: 78751665194     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08905     Document Type: Article

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