Tissue type matters: Selective herbivory on different life history stages of an isomorphic alga

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2255-2263

  Thornber, Carol ^a,c   Stachowicz, John J ^a   Gaines, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Gametophyte; Herbivory; Isomorphic life cycle; Mazzaella flaccida; Population dynamics; Sporophyte; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; Tegula funebralis

Indexed keywords

ALGA; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS;

ALGAE, RED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FOOD PREFERENCES; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; MAZZAELLA FLACCIDA; RHODOPHYTA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; TEGULA FUNEBRALIS;

EID: 33748580272     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2255:TTMSHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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