Effects of trophic skewing of species richness on ecosystem functioning in a diverse marine community

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Reynolds, Pamela L ^a,b   Bruno, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITIVORE; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; EXOTIC SPECIES; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAZER; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES INVASION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC SKEWING; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATION;

ALGAE;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84861665278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036196     Document Type: Article

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