Destructive grazing, epiphytism, and disease: The dynamics of sea urchin - kelp interactions in Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2300-2314

  Scheibling, Robert E ^a   Hennigar, Allan W ^a   Balch, Toby ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ECHINODERM; EPIPHYTE; KELP FOREST; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ECHINOIDEA; LAMINARIA LONGICRURIS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0033490709     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-163     Document Type: Article

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