Direct and indirect effects of a macroalgal canopy and limpet grazing in structuring a sheltered inter-tidal community

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 188, Issue , 1999, Pages 81-92

  Jenkins, Stuart R ^a   Hawkins, Stephen J ^b   Norton, Trevor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Canopy algae; Community structure; Grazing; Indirect effects; Patella vulgata

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FACILITATION; GRAZING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROALGA; MOLLUSC;

ISLE OF MAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; EUKARYOTA; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PATELLA VULGATA; PATELLIDAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0033520710     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps188081     Document Type: Article

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