Patch recolonization by the tunicate Pyura praeputialis in the rocky intertidal of the Bay of Antofagasta, Chile: Evidence for self-facilitation mechanisms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 224, Issue , 2001, Pages 93-101

  Alvarado, Jorge L ^a   Pinto, Raquel ^a   Marquet, Pablo ^a   Pacheco, Cristián ^a   Guiñez, Ricardo ^a   Castilla, Juan C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Border effects; Facilitation; Patch recolonization; Pyura praeputialis; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANTOFAGASTA BAY; CHILE;

INVERTEBRATA; PYURA; PYURA PRAEPUTIALIS; SIGMOIDEA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0035915513     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps224093     Document Type: Article

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