The Role of Eelgrass in Marine Community Interactions and Ecosystem Services: Results from Ecosystem-Scale Food Web Models

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-251

  Plummer, Mark L ^a   Harvey, Chris J ^a   Anderson, Leif E ^a   Guerry, Anne D ^b   Ruckelshaus, Mary H ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economics; ecosystem models; ecosystem services; eelgrass restoration; food webs; habitat restoration

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISHING; FOOD WEB; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE RESOURCE; REFUGE; SALMONID; SEAGRASS; SOFTWARE;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AVES; CANCER MAGISTER; CLUPEA PALLASI; ONCORHYNCHUS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84874564024     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9609-0     Document Type: Article

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