Non-trophic Interactions Control Benthic Producers on Intertidal Flats

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1325-1335

  Donadi, Serena ^a   Westra, Joëlle ^a   Weerman, Ellen J ^a   van der Heide, Tjisse ^a   van der Zee, Els M ^a,b   van de Koppel, Johan ^a,b   Olff, Han ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   van der Veer, Henk W ^b   Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arenicola marina; Cerastoderma edule; ecosystem engineering; facilitation; hydrodynamic stress; microphytobenthos; Mytilus edulis; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; MOLLUSC; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ALGAE; ARENICOLA MARINA; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84885306060     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9686-8     Document Type: Article

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