Holdfasts of adult kelp Ecklonia maxima provide refuges from grazing for recruitment of juvenile kelps

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 1997, Pages 265-273

  Anderson, R J ^a   Carrick, P ^b   Levitt, G J ^a   Share, A ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecklonia maxima; Herbivores; Kelp; Parechinus angulosus; Predation; Recruitment; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

GRAZER; HOLDFAST; KELP; RECRUITMENT; REFUGE; SPOROPHYTES;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE;

ALGAE; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; ECHINOIDAE; ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA; ECKLONIA MAXIMA; EUKARYOTA; GASTROPODA; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; HALIOTIS MIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OXYSTELE; PARECHINUS ANGULOSUS; PATELLA; PATELLIDAE; PYURA STOLONIFERA; TURBO;

EID: 0031590559     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps159265     Document Type: Article

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