Kelp patch dynamics in the face of intense herbivory: Stability of Agarum clathratum (Phaeophyta) stands and associated flora on urchin barrens

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 498-505

  Gagnon, Patrick ^a,b   Johnson, Ladd E ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Hyperspectral Data International   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agarum clathratum; Agarum cribrosum; Alaria esculenta; Community stability; Disturbances; Grazing; Kelp; Mixed linear models; Positive interactions; Ptilota serrata; Recruitment; Resilience; Spatial and temporal scales

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; MINGAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGARUM CLATHRATUM; AGARUM CRIBROSUM; ALARIA ESCULENTA; PTILOTA SERRATA;

EID: 20644440384     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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