Kauaʻi record · KCA-EP-0152
Anchialine algal grazing
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About Anchialine algal grazing
Grazing of algae and microbial films by native anchialine shrimp and other invertebrates.
Names and classification
- Other names
- anchialine algal grazing
- Family
- Wetland, Estuary & Anchialine Dynamics
- Record type
- ecological_process
Habitat and ecology
- Ecological role
- Supports Atlas reasoning about ecosystem function, dependencies, threats, conservation leverage points and cross-module consequences.
Process and seasonal context
- Definition
- Grazing of algae and microbial films by native anchialine shrimp and other invertebrates.
- Drivers
- tides; groundwater; river flow; salinity; water management; vegetation
- Inputs
- freshwater; seawater; nutrients; sediment; organisms
- Outputs
- brackish habitat; prey production; nutrient transformation; nursery habitat
- Spatial scales
- pool → wetland → estuary → coastal aquifer
- Temporal scales
- tidal → seasonal → multiyear
- Validity and limits
- Context-specific; do not extrapolate across habitat, season, elevation, salinity or disturbance state without evidence.