Biodiversity mediates top-down control in eelgrass ecosystems: A global comparative-experimental approach

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 696-705

  Duffy, J Emmett ^a,b   Reynolds, Pamela L ^a   Boström, Christoffer ^c   Coyer, James A ^d   Cusson, Mathieu ^e   Donadi, Serena ^f   Douglass, James G ^g   Eklöf, Johan S ^h   Engelen, Aschwin H ⁱ   Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^f   Fredriksen, Stein ^j   Gamfeldt, Lars ^k   Gustafsson, Camilla ^l   Hoarau, Galice ^m   Hori, Masakazu ⁿ   Hovel, Kevin ^o   Iken, Katrin ^p   Lefcheck, Jonathan S ^a   Moksnes, Per Olav ^k   Nakaoka, Masahiro ^q   O'Connor, Mary I ^r   Olsen, Jeanine L ^f   Richardson, J Paul ^a   Ruesink, Jennifer L ^s   Sotka, Erik E ^t   Thormar, Jonas ^j   Whalen, Matthew A ^u   Stachowicz, John J ^u   more..

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^m NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

ⁿ JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^o SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^q HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^t School of Business   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Bottom up control; Coordinated experiments; Food webs; Metabolic ecology; Structural equation modelling; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIODIVERSITY; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ALGAE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEA; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HERBIVORY; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOSTERACEAE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEA; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPODA; GENOTYPE; HERBIVORY; MICROALGAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84931561060     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12448     Document Type: Article

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