Detached macroalgae: Its importance to inshore sandy beach fauna

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 125-135

  Orr, Kyla K ^a   Wilding, Thomas A ^a   Horstmeyer, Lena ^b   Weigl, Simon ^b   Heymans, Johanna J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Food webs; Kelp detritus; Macrophyte wrack; Shelter; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DETRITUS; FAUNA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; KELP FOREST; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; MIGRATION; OMNIVORY; REFUGE; SHELTER; SURF ZONE;

EID: 84910008145     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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