Influence of fishing and functional group of algae on sea urchin control of algal communities in the eastern Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 287, Issue , 2005, Pages 255-260

  Tuya, Fernando ^a   Sanchez Jerez, Pablo ^b   Haroun, Ricardo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Diadema antillarum; Ecosystem level effects; Functional groups; Phytobenthos; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BROWN ALGA; FISHING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHYTOBENTHOS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REEF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 15944372307     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps287255     Document Type: Article

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