The role of grazing by the lysianassid amphipod Orchomenella aahu in dieback of the kelp Ecklonia radiata in north-eastern New Zealand

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1201-1211

  Haggitt, T R ^a   Babcock, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; GRAZING; KELP FOREST; MORTALITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ECKLONIA; EUKARYOTA; LAMINARIA; ORCHOMENELLA;

EID: 0346270536     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1152-2     Document Type: Article

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