Wrack deposition on different beach types: Spatial and temporal variation in the pattern of subsidy

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1496-1507

  Orr, Michael ^a,d   Zimmer, Martin ^b   Jelinski, Dennis E ^a,c   Mews, Malte ^b  

^a BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia coastal area; Intertidal; Kelp; Marine terrestrial ecotone; Phytodetritus; Seagrass; Seaweed; Spatial subsidy; Subtidal macroalgae; Tidal currents; Wave exposure; Wrack deposition

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BEACH; DEPOSITION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYTODETRITUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS INTEGRIFOLIA; NEREOCYSTIS LUETKEANA; PHYLLOSPADIX; ULVA;

EID: 20444420153     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1486     Document Type: Article

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