Herbivore diversity improves benthic community resilience to ocean acidification

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 469, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-104

  Baggini, Cecilia ^a   Issaris, Yannis ^b   Salomidi, Maria ^b   Hall Spencer, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Functional redundancy; Ocean acidification; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; BENTHOS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHINODERM; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; HERBIVORE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; POPULATION DENSITY; RESILIENCE;

ATTICA; GREECE; METHANA;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 84928985718     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.04.019     Document Type: Article

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