Interactions between seagrass complexity, hydrodynamic flow and biomixing alter food availability for associated filter-feeding organisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  González Ortiz, Vanessa ^a   Egea, Luis G ^a   Jimeńez Ramos, Rocio ^a   Moreno Mariń, Francisco ^a   Pérez Lloréns, José L ^a   Bouma, Tjeed J ^b   Brun, Fernando G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CERASTODERMA EDULE; COCKLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT WATER CONTENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; SPECIES HABITAT; STARVATION; ADAPTATION; ALISMATALES; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RIVER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARDIIDAE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT SHOOTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84929939969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104949     Document Type: Article

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