Stasis or kinesis? Hidden dynamics of a rocky intertidal macrophyte mosaic revealed by a spatially explicit approach

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-39

  Menge, Bruce A ^a   Allison, Gary W ^b   Blanchette, Carol A ^c   Farrell, Terry M ^d   Olson, Annette M ^a   Turner, Teresa A ^e   Van Tamelen, Peter ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^f AK 99801 United States ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Disturbance; Grazing; Macrophyte mosaics; Oregon; Phyllospadix scouleri

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; WAVE ACTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LESSONIOPSIS LITTORALIS; PHYLLOSPADIX; PHYLLOSPADIX SCOULERI;

EID: 11844275988     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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