Trophic responses to nutrient enrichment in a temperate seagrass food chain

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 449, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-296

  York, Paul H ^a   Kelaher, Brendan P ^a,b   Booth, David J ^a   Bishop, Melanie J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Batemans Marine Park   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Fish; Functional response; Grazers; Ratio dependence; Resource dependence; Seagrass; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIPHYTE; FOOD CHAIN; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OMNIVORY; PARADIGM SHIFT; SEAGRASS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858136465     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09541     Document Type: Article

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