Effects of avian grazing on the algal community and small invertebrates in the rocky intertidal zone

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 768-775

  Hori, Masakazu ^a,c   Noda, Takashi ^b   Nakao, Shigeru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Ecosystem engineering; Gulls; Isopods; Monostroma angicava

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL COMMUNITY; AMPHIPOD; BIRD; ECHINODERM; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOPOD; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUBE DWELLER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 33748417588     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0192-8     Document Type: Article

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