Role of catastrophic disturbance in mediating Nucella-Mytilus interactions in the Alaskan rocky intertidal

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 125-133

  Carroll, Michael L ^a,b   Highsmith, Raymond C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Alaska; Community structure; Disturbance; Indirect effects; Mytilus; Nucella; Predation; Rocky intertidal

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS; NUCELLA; GASTROPODA; NUCELLA LIMA;

CATASTROPHIC EVENTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ROCKY SHORE;

USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0029669563     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps138125     Document Type: Article

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