Importance of the invasive macroalga Undaria pinnatifida as trophic subsidy for a beach consumer

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Suarez-Jimenez, R, Hepburn, CD, Hyndes, GA, McLeod, RJ, Taylor, RB, Hurd, CL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2017
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Plant Biology; Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses); New Zealand; Sandy Beach; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3140-y; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/116084

Food webs on sandy beaches rely heavily on spatial subsidies of macroalgae and other detritus. Invasive macroalgal species are modifying many ecosystems worldwide, so the potential exists for them to alter the quantity and quality of food available to sandy beach consumers. We evaluated the suitabil...