Competition in benthic marine invertebrates: The unrecognized role of exploitative competition for oxygen

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-135

  Ferguson, Nick ^a   White, Craig R ^a   Marshall, Dustin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Interference competition; R; Resource limitation theory

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN; RESOURCE USE; SESSILE SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876154914     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0795.1     Document Type: Article

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