Coupling between macroalgal inputs and nutrients outcrop in exposed sandy beaches

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 700, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-84

  Barreiro, F ^a   Gomez M ^a   Lopez J ^a   Lastra, M ^a   de la Huz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Ecosystem function; Intertidal; Marine terrestrial ecotone; Nutrients; Sandy beaches; Spatial subsidy; Wrack

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BEACH; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOTONE; HYDROBIOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; POREWATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURF ZONE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84870698861     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1220-z     Document Type: Article

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