Rhodolith bed diversity in the Gulf of California: The importance of rhodolith structure and consequences of disturbance

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Steller, D L ^a   Riosmena Rodriguez R ^c   Foster, M S ^b   Roberts, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Univ of California at Santa Cruz ^*

Author keywords

(8max); Benthic disturbance; Community structure; Diversity; Gulf of California; Lithophyllum; Maerl; Rhodolith; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; REEF; RHODOLITH;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; CANIS LATRANS; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; LITHOPHYLLUM; POLYCHAETA; POLYPLACOPHORA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0037289071     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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