Grazing and disturbance: An experimental analysis of patchiness in recovery from a severe storm by the intertidal alga Hormosira banksii on rocky shores in New South Wales

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-306

  Underwood, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Grazing; Hormosira banksii; Large scale disturbance; Rocky shores

Indexed keywords

ALGA; GRAZING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SEA;

AUSTRALIA;

HORMOSIRA BANKSII;

EID: 0032585611     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00091-4     Document Type: Article

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