Ocean acidification outweighs nutrient effects in structuring seagrass epiphyte communities

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 730-737

  Campbell, Justin E ^a   Fourqurean, James W ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; CCA; Climate change; Coralline algae; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Eutrophication; Filamentous algae; Plant climate interactions; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORALLINE ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGAE; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 84898792926     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12233     Document Type: Article

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