Thresholds of ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment from fish aggregations

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 530-536

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

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Bottom up control; Consumer mediated nutrient supply; Facilitation; Fish aggregations; Long term nutrient enrichment; Seagrass ecosystems; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISH; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEA; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 84876148474     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0705.1     Document Type: Article

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