Grazer diversity interacts with biogenic habitat
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Genotypic diversity and grazer identity interactively influence seagrass and grazer biomass
Despite experimental evidence for effects of primary producer diversity and consumer species diversity on population and community processes, little is known about how diversity at these multiple trophic levels may interact. We conducted a mesocosm experiment to examine the independent and interactive effects of seagrass Zostera marina genotypic diversity and grazer species diversity on seagras...
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