Bottom-up regulation of a pelagic community through spatial aggregations

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 813-816

  Benoit Bird, Kelly J ^a   McManus, Margaret A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Ecosystem regulation; Patchiness; Top down; Trophodynamics

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; DOLPHIN; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PATCHINESS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 84866721209     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0232     Document Type: Article

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