Dominance, biomass and extinction resistance determine the consequences of biodiversity loss for multiple coastal ecosystem processes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Davies, Thomas W ^a,b   Jenkins, Stuart R ^a,b   Kingham, Rachel ^a   Kenworthy, Joseph ^a   Hawkins, Stephen J ^a,b   Hiddink, Jan G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; SALT MARSH; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWEED; UNITED KINGDOM;

SEA WATER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT BRITAIN; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SEAWEED;

EID: 82855168094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028362     Document Type: Article

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