Mesoscale regulation comes from the bottom-up: Intertidal interactions between consumers and upwelling

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-41

  Nielsen, Karina J ^a   Navarrete, Sergio A ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Chile; Community regulation; Food web; Functional groups; Herbivory; Macroalgae; Nutrients; Rocky intertidal; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; UPWELLING;

ALGAE;

EID: 0742319975     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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