Trophic linkages across seascapes: Subtidal predators limit effective mussel recruitment in rocky intertidal communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 327, Issue , 2006, Pages 83-93

  Rilov, Gil ^a,b   Schiel, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crabs; Food web; Mussels; New Zealand; Recruitment; Subtidal intertidal

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; RECRUITMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC CASCADE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LABRIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 33846453979     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps327083     Document Type: Article

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