Marine fisheries declines viewed upside down: Human impacts on consumer-driven nutrient recycling

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 343-349

  Layman, Craig A ^a   Allgeier, Jacob E ^b   Rosemond, Amy D ^b   Dahlgren, Craig P ^c   Yeager, Lauren A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Perry Institute of Marine Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Ecosystem fragmentation; Estuary; Food web; Mangrove; Nitrogen; Overfishing; Phosphorus; Primary production; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ABUNDANCE; ASSAY; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; FOOD WEB; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OVERFISHING; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NITROGEN; PERCIFORMES; PHOSPHORUS;

BAHAMAS;

LUTJANUS GRISEUS; PISCES;

EID: 79954515693     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1339.1     Document Type: Article

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