Effects of sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) grazing in Dusky Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1007-1024

  Villouta, E ^a   Chadderton, W L ^a   Pugsley, C W ^a   Hay, C H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Evechinus chloroticus; Fiords; Habitat changes; Macroalgae; New Zealand; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHINODERM; GRAZING; REEF;

NEW ZEALAND;

CARPOPHYLLUM; CYSTOPHORA; ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; EVECHINUS CHLOROTICUS; LANDSBURGIA QUERCIFOLIA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 0035718514     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9517060     Document Type: Article

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