Factors controlling marine food webs: consumer vs. nutrient limitation of mobile invertebrates and algae

了解海洋食物网中相互作用的强度对于预测人类活动引起的沿海生境变化至关重要。这项研究的结果将表明，在陆地径流（富营养化）和捕食压力（通过过度捕捞）的营养投入的变化的相对重要性-这两者都可能强烈影响海洋生境的结构-对沿海海洋生境的一个极其丰富和多样的组成部分。

An understanding of the strength of interactions in marine food webs is crucial to predicting change in coastal habitats due to human activities. The outcomes of this research will indicate the relative importance of changes in nutrient inputs from terrestrial runoff (eutrophication) and predation pressures (via overfishing) - both of which may strongly affect the structure of marine habitats - on an extremely abundant and diverse component of coastal marine habitats.