Patterns of disturbance and recovery in littoral rock pools: Nonhierarchical competition and spatial variability in secondary succession

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 145-161

  Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^a   Cinelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algae; Competitive hierarchies; Disturbance; Herbivory; Rock pools; Spatial heterogeneity; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA;

EID: 0029835179     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135145     Document Type: Article

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