Modelling patch dynamics on rocky shores using deterministic cellular automata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-13

  Burrows, M T ^a   Hawkins, S J ^b,c  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Fucoids; Herbivore aggregation; Limpets; Patch dynamics; Rocky shore communities

Indexed keywords

MODELLING; PATCH DYNAMICS; ROCKY SHORE;

CIRRIPEDIA; FUCUS; GASTROPODA; PATELLIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 0032543592     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps167001     Document Type: Article

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