Dual processes for cross-boundary subsidies: Incorporation of nutrients from reef-derived kelp into a seagrass ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 445, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-107

  Hyndes, Glenn A ^a   Lavery, Paul S ^a   Doropoulos, Christopher ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detritus; Ecklonia; Food webs; Posidonia; Spatial ecology; Trophic subsidies

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CORAL REEF; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EPIPHYTE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD WEB; GASTROPOD; KELP FOREST; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

ECKLONIA; GASTROPODA; POSIDONIA;

EID: 84856190045     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09367     Document Type: Article

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