Top-down and bottom-up factors in tidepool communities

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-96

  Methratta, Elizabeth T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Community ecology; Nutrient enrichment; Rocky intertidal; Tidepool; Top down

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD CHAIN; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; SWANS ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CYGNUS;

EID: 1242277716     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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