Functional changes due to invasive species: Food web shifts at shallow Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds colonized by the alien macroalga Caulerpa racemosa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-116

  Deudero, S ^a,b   Box, A ^a   Alos J ^c   Arroyo, N L ^d   Marba N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d Menntun Consultoría Científica S L c Caro 7   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien species; Caulerpa racemosa; Food web; Mediterranean; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGAL MAT; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLONIZATION; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROALGA; MACROBENTHOS; MEADOW; NICHE BREADTH; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; INVERTEBRATA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79957492120     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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