Divergent succession and implications for alternative states on rocky intertidal shores

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-26

  Petraitis, Peter S ^a   Dudgeon, Steve R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative states; Community ecology; Rocky intertidal shores; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ROCKY SHORE; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GASTROPODA; PILEA MICROPHYLLA; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 27744481594     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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