Changing community states in the Gulf of Maine: Synergism between invaders, overfishing and climate change

Biological Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-21

  Harris, Larry G ^a   Tyrrell, Megan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Codium; Introduced species; Membranipora; Mytilus; New community state; Opportunists; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SYNERGISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ACULEATA; ALGAE; BONNEMAISONIA HAMIFERA; BRYOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM; CODIUM FRAGILE; DESMARESTIA ACULEATA; DIPLOSOMA LISTERIANUM; ECHINOIDEA; LAMINARIA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; MEMBRANIPORA; MEMBRANIPORA MEMBRANACEA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0034823844     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011487219735     Document Type: Article

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