Human influences on trophic cascades along rocky shores

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 880-890

  Lindberg, David R ^a   Estes, James A ^b   Warheit, Kenneth I ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; California; Grazing; Haematopus bachmani; Historical biology; Human disturbances; Limpets; Lottia gigantea; Natural experiments; Oystercatchers; Predation; Refuges; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ROCKY SHORE; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; LOTTIA; LOTTIA GIGANTEA; OSTREIDAE; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 0031827346     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0880:HIOTCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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