Degradation of sea urchin feces in a rocky subtidal ecosystem: Implications for nutrient cycling and energy flow

Agriculture & Biology

• energy flow 100%
• biogeochemical cycles 83%
• Echinoidea 77%
• feces 60%
• ecosystems 56%
• degradation 45%
• energy content 26%
• macroalgae 24%
• pellets 22%
• Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 19%
• Northwest Atlantic 18%
• chemical degradation 16%
• Nova Scotia 15%
• primary productivity 14%
• food webs 13%
• organic carbon 13%
• carbon nitrogen ratio 13%
• biodegradation 12%
• soil organic matter 11%
• invertebrates 10%
• grazing 10%
• coasts 9%
• chemical composition 9%
• biomass 7%
• nitrogen 7%
• lipids 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• energy flow 85%
• feces 84%
• nutrient cycling 82%
• degradation 48%
• ecosystem 43%
• sea 40%
• settling velocity 29%
• biochemical composition 17%
• deposit feeding 16%
• chemical degradation 16%
• fecal pellet 16%
• material 15%
• energy 12%
• food web 11%
• primary production 11%
• grazing 10%
• invertebrate 10%
• lipid 10%
• organic carbon 9%
• food 8%
• organic matter 8%
• biomass 7%
• coast 7%
• nitrogen 7%
• loss 6%
• water 3%