A latitudinal gradient in northeast pacific intertidal community structure: Evidence for an oceanographically based synthesis of marine community theory

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-326

  Connolly, Scan R ^a   Roughgarden, Jonathan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Intertidal community; Recruitment; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; RECRUITMENT; SPACE COMPETITION;

USA, PACIFIC COAST;

CHTHAMALUS; INVERTEBRATA; THORACICA;

EID: 0031890516     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286121     Document Type: Article

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