History and current development of a paradigm of predation in rocky intertidal communities

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1521-1536

  Robles, Carlos ^a   Desharnais, Robert ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Diversity; Mytilus; Niche; Paradigm; Pisaster; Predation; Refuge; Regulation; Rocky intertidal communities; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL THEORY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; NICHE; PARADIGM SHIFT; PREDATION; REFUGE;

MYTILUS; PISASTER;

EID: 0037971458     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1521:HACDOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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