Complex plant-herbivore-predator interactions in a brackish water seaweed habitat

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-56

  Wernberg, Thomas ^a   Thomsen, Mads S ^a,b   Kotta, Jonne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Grazing; Growth; Habitat selection; Herbivory; Isopods; Macroalgae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; BRACKISH WATER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORY; ISOPOD; MACROALGA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWEED; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN;

EID: 84884134675     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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