Coastal resources exploitation can mask bottom-up mesoscale regulation of intertidal populations

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 553, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 337-344

  Tuya, Fernando ^a   Ramírez, Rubén ^b   Sánchez Jerez, Pablo ^b   Haroun, R J ^a   González Ramos, Antonio J ^a   Coca, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Community regulation; Grazing molluscs; Hierarchical design; Intertidal populations; Spatial patterns; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CANARY ISLANDS; COMMUNITY REGULATIONS; GRAZING MOLLUSCS; HIERARCHICAL DESIGNS; INTERTIDAL POPULATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; UPWELLING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; RESOURCE USE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; OSILINUS; PATELLIDAE; TROCHIDAE;

EID: 28444455994     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1246-6     Document Type: Article

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