Benthic community composition and faunal stable isotopic signatures differ across small spatial scales in a temperate estuary

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-20

  Olsen, Ylva S ^a   Fox, Sophia E ^a,c   Hofmann, Laurie ^b   Valiela, Ivan ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic ecology; Carbon assimilation; Consumers; Estuaries; Habitat; Isotopes; Vegetation; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ECOLOGIES; CARBON ASSIMILATION; CONSUMERS; HABITAT; ZOSTERA MARINA;

ANIMALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; SEAWEED; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

ESTUARIES;

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FAUNA; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROALGA; SEAGRASS MEADOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON UTILIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARY; HABITAT; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOTA; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARIES; MASSACHUSETTS; POACEAE; SEAWEED;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84876145895     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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