Bioturbating space enhances the effects of non-additive interactions among benthic ecosystem engineers on cross-habitat nutrient regeneration

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1639-1648

  Caliman, Adriano ^a,b   Carneiro, Luciana S ^a,b   Bozelli, Reinaldo L ^a   Farjalla, Vinicius F ^a,c   Esteves, Francisco A ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Sócio Ambiental de Macaé ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80055085680     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19362.x     Document Type: Article

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