A test of a functional group approach to detecting shifts in macroalgal communities along a disturbance gradient

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 125-138

  Phillips, J C ^a,c   Kendrick, G A ^b   Lavery, P S ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community structure; Disturbance; Ecklonia radiata; Functional groups; Limestone reef; Macroalgae; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP APPROACH; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MACROALGAE;

ALGAE; ECKLONIA; ECKLONIA RADIATA;

EID: 0030743620     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps153125     Document Type: Article

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