Light availability indirectly limits herbivore growth and abundance in a high rocky intertidal community during the winter

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1217-1222

  Harley, Christopher D G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH; HERBIVORE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DIGITALIS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA SITKANA; LOTTIA; LOTTIA DIGITALIS; PATELLIDAE; PORPHYRA;

EID: 0036077041     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.4.1217     Document Type: Article

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