Macroalgal blooms alter community structure and primary productivity in marine ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2712-2724

  Lyons, Devin A ^a   Arvanitidis, Christos ^b   Blight, Andrew J ^c   Chatzinikolaou, Eva ^b   Guy Haim, Tamar ^d   Kotta, Jonne ^e   Orav Kotta, Helen ^e   Queirós, Ana M ^f   Rilov, Gil ^d   Somerfield, Paul J ^f   Crowe, Tasman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Green tide; Harmful algal bloom; Macroalgal bloom; Macroalgal mat; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL MAT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE BIOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905560282     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12644     Document Type: Article

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