Effects of sea urchin grazing on seagrass (Thalassodendron ciliatum) beds of a Kenyan lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 226, Issue , 2002, Pages 255-263

  Alcoverro, Teresa ^a   Mariani, Simone ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grazing; Herbivory; Sea urchins; Seagrass; Thalassodendron ciliatum; Tripneustes gratilla

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ECHINODERM; GRAZING; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAGRASS;

KENYA; MOMBASA LAGOON;

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; HALOPHILA; THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM; TRIPNEUSTES; TRIPNEUSTES GRATILLA;

EID: 0037204157     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps226255     Document Type: Article

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