The role of fishes in the organization of a Mediterranean sublittoral community. I: Algal communities

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-44

  Sala, Enric ^a,c   Boudouresque, Charles F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Experimental exclusion; Fish grazing; Herbivory; Mediterranean Sea; Seasonality; Sublitoral algae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; HERBIVOROUS FISH; MACROALGAE; RED ALGAE; SUBLITTORAL ZONE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDES ISLANDS;

ASPARAGOPSIS ARMATA;

EID: 0030618543     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02745-1     Document Type: Article

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