Same pattern, different mechanism: Locking onto the role of key species in seafloor ecosystem process

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Woodin, Sarah Ann ^a   Volkenborn, Nils ^a,b   Pilditch, Conrad A ^c   Lohrer, Andrew M ^d   Wethey, David S ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^d   Thrush, Simon F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BUDGET; EXCRETION; HISTORY; MEDIATOR; MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEDIMENT; TURNOVER TIME; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84971247487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26678     Document Type: Article

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