Links between rain, salinity, and predation in a rocky subtidal community

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2429-2447

  Witman, Jon D ^a   Grange, Ken R ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Environmental variability; Epifauna; Fjords; Freshwater runoff; Mussels; Mytilus edulis galloprovincialis; Predation refuges; Sea stars; Subtidal communities; Urchins

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; RAINFALL; SALINITY;

(SOUTHWEST); NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIACEA; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BRYOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; THORACICA;

EID: 0031704565     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2429:LBRSAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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