Long-term nutrient enrichment elicits a weak density response by saltmarsh meiofauna

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 713, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-114

  Mitwally, Hanan M ^a,b   Fleeger, John W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Bottom up effects; Manayunkia aestuarina; Meiofauna; Natural variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; GRAZING; INVERTEBRATE; MEIOFAUNA; MICROALGA; NEKTON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SALTMARSH; WATERSHED;

MASSACHUSETTS; PLUM ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; COPEPODA; MANAYUNKIA AESTUARINA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84878018894     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1496-7     Document Type: Article

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