Habitat modification drives benthic trophic diversity in an intertidal soft-bottom ecosystem

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 465, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-48

  van der Zee, Els M ^a,b,c   Tielens, Elske ^b   Holthuijsen, Sander ^a   Donadi, Serena ^b   Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^b   van der Veer, Henk W ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Olff, Han ^b   van der Heide, Tjisse ^b,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Altenburg and oWymenga ecological consultants ^*  (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biotic structure; Ecosystem engineers; Mytilus edulis; Sediment stability; Trophic diversity; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CREATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MUDFLAT; MUSSEL CULTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; STABILIZATION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TUBE DWELLER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 84921766407     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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