Drifting filamentous algal mats disturb sediment fauna: Impacts on macro-meiofaunal interactions

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 420-421, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-90

  Arroyo, Nina Larissa ^a,b   Aarnio, Katri ^a   Mäensivu, Merja ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drifting algal mats; Harpacticoid copepods; Hypoxia; Macrobenthos; Meiofauna; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ALGAL MAT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARCHIPELAGO; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; EUTROPHICATION; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; MORTALITY; POLYCHAETE; PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE LAYER; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; HEDISTE; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MARENZELLERIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84860333992     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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