Changes in fish abundance do not cascade to sea urchins and erect algae in one of the most oligotrophic parts of the Mediterranean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 273-282

  Cardona, L ^a   Sales, M ^b   Lopez D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c TRAGSA ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

algae; grazing; Mediterranean; reef fish; sea urchins; trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BIOMASS; CARBONATE ROCK; ECHINODERM; FISHING; GRAZING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; REEF; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; TROPHIC CASCADE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA BRACHYCARPA; DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LABRIDAE; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; SARPA SALPA; SPARIDAE;

EID: 33847058442     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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