Disturbance and subsequent recovery of mid-shore assemblages on seasonal, tropical, rocky shores

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 249, Issue , 2003, Pages 25-38

  Hutchinson, Neil ^a,b   Williams, Gray A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hong Kong; Seasonal variation; Succession; Summer die off; Tropical rocky shores; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ROCKY SHORE; SUCCESSION; TYPHOON;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ALGAE; MONODONTA LABIO;

EID: 0037430069     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps249025     Document Type: Article

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