Experimental evidence for the origin of alternative communities on rocky intertidal shores

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-245

  Petraitis, Peter S ^a   Dudgeon, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ROCKY SHORE;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; GASTROPODA; MYTILUS EDULIS; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 0033013761     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546718     Document Type: Article

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