An unusually large phytoplankton spring bloom drives rapid changes in benthic diversity and ecosystem function

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 533-545

  Zhang, Qingtian ^a   Warwick, Richard M ^b   McNeill, Caroline L ^b   Widdicombe, Claire E ^b   Sheehan, Aaron ^b   Widdicombe, Stephen ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEPOSITS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BENTHIC CYANOBACTERIA; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; WESTERN ENGLISH CHANNELS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROBENTHOS; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84941261713     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.029     Document Type: Article

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