Chronic Nutrient Enrichment Increases the Density and Biomass of the Mudsnail, Nassarius obsoletus

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-35

  Johnson, David Samuel ^a   Short, Meghan I ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Biomonitoring; Bottom up; Estuarine management; Eutrophication; Ilyanassa obsoleta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SNAIL;

MASSACHUSETTS; PLUM ISLAND ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84871437699     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9555-2     Document Type: Article

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