Community-wide effects of nonindigenous species on temperate rocky reefs

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3182-3193

  Levin, Phillip S ^a   Coyer, James A ^b   Petrik, Rachel ^c   Good, Thomas P ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Codium; Gulf of Maine, USA; Herbivory; Indirect effects; Introduced species; Isles of Shoals, Maine, USA; Kelp recruitment and nonindigenous species; Membranipora; Nonindigenous species; Recruitment; Species interactions; Tautogolabrus adspersus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; ISLES OF SHOALS; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM; CODIUM FRAGILE; EUKARYOTA; MEMBRANIPORA; MEMBRANIPORA MEMBRANACEA; TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS;

EID: 0038138034     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3182:CWEONS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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