Do alternate stable community states exist in the Gulf of Maine rocky intertidal zone?

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3434-3448

  Bertness, Mark D ^a   Trussell, Geoffrey C ^a,b   Ewanchuk, Patrick J ^a   Silliman, Brian R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative community stable state; Ascophyllum nodosum; Carcinus maenus; Consumer control of community pattern; Disturbance theory; Fucus spp.; Littorina littorea; Mytilus edulis; Predation; Rocky intertidal; Secondary succession; Semibalanus balanoides

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; SEAWEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; CARCINUS; CARCINUS MAENUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUCUS; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 0037800374     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3434:DASCSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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