Testing the relative contribution of positive and negative interactions in rocky intertidal communities

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2711-2726

  Bertness, Mark D ^c   Leonard, George H ^c   Levine, Jonathan M ^a,c   Schmidt, Paul R ^c   Ingraham, Aubrey O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal canopies; Ascophyllum nodosum; Community ecology; Gulf of Maine; Habitat amelioration; Physical stress; Rocky intertidal communities

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SURVIVAL;

GULF OF MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 0033407552     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2711:TTRCOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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