title: Top-down vs. bottom-up controls of microphytobenthic standing crop: role of mud snails and nitrogen supply in the littoral of Waquoit Bay estuaries.
authors.affiliation: Boston University Marine Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lever
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Valiela
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018533:Biomass; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000032:analysis; D017753:Ecosystem; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000254:growth & development*; D005308:Fertilizers / Q000009:adverse effects; D008404:Massachusetts; D009566:Nitrates / Q000032:analysis; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D011897:Random Allocation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012908:Snails / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D009566:Nitrates; D010710:Phosphates; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D002734:Chlorophyll; D009584:Nitrogen