Contrasting effects of mean intensity and temporal variation of disturbance on a rocky seashore

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2061-2067

  Bertocci, Iacopo ^a   Maggi, Elena ^a   Vaselli, Stefano ^a   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algal assemblages; Chthamalus stellatus; Climate change effects, predicting; Disturbance intensity; Mediterranean, northwest; Mid shore marine invertebrates; Patch size; Species distribution, abundance, diversity; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ROCKY SHORE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; CHTHAMALUS STELLATUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 23644460026     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1698     Document Type: Article

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