Marine reserves demonstrate top-down control of community structure on temperate reefs

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 131-142

  Shears, Nick T ^a   Babcock, Russell C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Kelp communities; Marine protected areas; Northeastern New Zealand; Trophic cascades; Urchin predation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISHING; PREDATION; PROTECTED AREA; REEF; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

NEW ZEALAND;

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

EID: 0036942321     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0920-x     Document Type: Article

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