Changing recruitment in constant species assemblages: Implications for predation theory in intertidal communities

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1400-1414

  Robles, Carlos D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal turfs; California; Diffuse predation; Growth; Keystone predation; Mytilus; Panulirus; Productivity; Recruitment; Spiny lobsters

Indexed keywords

ALGAL TURF; ALGAL TURFS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; RED ALGAE; ROCKY SHORE; WAVE EXPOSURE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND;

BIVALVIA; DECAPODA; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PANULIRUS INTERRUPTUS;

EID: 0030616378     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1400:CRICSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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