Changes in community structure in temperate marine reserves

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 1999, Pages 125-134

  Babcock, Russell C ^a   Kelly, Shane ^a   Shears, Nick T ^a   Walker, Jarrod W ^a   Willis, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fish; Fishing effects; Habitat change; Kelp; Marine reserves; Spiny lobsters; Trophic structure; Urchins

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

LEIGH MARINE RESERVE; NEW ZEALAND; TAWHARANUI MARINE RESERVE;

ALGAE; CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS; ECHINOIDEA; EVECHINUS CHLOROTICUS; JASUS EDWARDSII; LOBSTER; PAGRUS; PAGRUS AURATUS; PALINURIDAE; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS; SPINY;

EID: 0033607767     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps189125     Document Type: Article

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