Spatially Extended Habitat Modification by Intertidal Reef-Building Bivalves has Implications for Consumer-Resource Interactions

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 664-673

  van der Zee, Els M ^a,b   van der Heide, Tjisse ^b   Donadi, Serena ^b   Eklöf, Johan S ^b   Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^b   Olff, Han ^b   van der Veer, Henk W ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

benthic community; Crassostrea gigas; ecosystem engineer; extended effects; habitat modification; Mytilus edulis; shorebirds; spatial species distribution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; CORAL REEF; DIET; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; MYTILUS EDULIS; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84860662925     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9538-y     Document Type: Article

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