Drift algae, an invasive snail and elevated temperature reduce ecological performance of a warm-temperate seagrass, through additive effects

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 450, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-80

  Höffle, Hannes ^a   Wernberg, Thomas ^b,c,d   Thomsen, Mads S ^b,d   Holmer, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Batillaria australis; Eutrophication; Global warming; Halophila ovalis; Introduced species; Swan River; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPOXIA; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN; SEAGRASS; SNAIL; SULFIDE; SURVEY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALIA; SWAN RIVER [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; BATILLARIA AUSTRALIS; CHAETOMORPHA LINUM; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; LINUM;

EID: 84859246699     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09552     Document Type: Review

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