Detrital subsidy from subtidal kelp beds is altered by the invasive green alga Codium fragile ssp. fragile

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 456, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-85

  Krumhansl, Kira A ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codium fragile; Degradation; Detritus; Invasive species; Kelp; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DETRITUS; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; GREEN ALGA; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KELP FOREST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ALGAE; CAPITELLIDA; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM FRAGILE; INVERTEBRATA; LAMINARIALES; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA;

EID: 84861844731     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09671     Document Type: Article

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