Contrasting influence of sea urchins on attached and drift macroalgae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 299, Issue , 2005, Pages 101-110

  Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a,b,c   Kendrick, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detached reef algae; Ecklonia radiata; Grazing; Heliocidaris erythrogramma; Kelp; Sargassum; Spatial subsidy; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; ECHINODERM; GRAZING; MACROALGA; REEF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; HALOPHILA; HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 26244437643     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps299101     Document Type: Article

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