Upwelling control of positive interactions over mesoscales: A new link between bottom-up and top-down processes on rocky shores

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 301, Issue , 2005, Pages 43-54

  Wieters, Evie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Community regulation; Habitat modification; Macroalgae; Mussels; Positive interactions; Rocky intertidal; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ROCKY SHORE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; UPWELLING;

ALGAE; GELIDIUM CHILENSE; PERUMYTILUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 27744513152     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps301043     Document Type: Article

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