Consumers regulate nutrient limitation regimes and primary production in seagrass ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 521-529

  Allgeier, Jacob E ^a   Yeager, Lauren A ^b   Layman, Craig A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Bahamas; Bioenergetics; Bottom up; Coastal ecosystems; Community structure; consumer mediated nutrient supply; Fish excretion; Food web; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FISH; HERBIVORY; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FISHES; HERBIVORY; MICROALGAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

PISCES;

EID: 84876143201     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1122.1     Document Type: Article

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