Can one species determine the structure of the benthic community on a temperate rocky reef? The case of the long-spined sea-urchin Diadema antillarum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the eastern Atlantic

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 519, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 211-214

  Tuya, Fernando ^a   Boyra, Arturo ^a   Sanchez Jerez, Pablo ^b   Barbera, Carmen ^b   Haroun, Ricardo ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barrens; Canary islands; Diadema antillarum; Key herbivores; Overgrazing; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; LANDFORMS; ROCKS;

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; ROCKY REEFS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHINODERM; HERBIVORE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MACROALGA; REEF;

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

ALGAE; DIADEMA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3442886927     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026599.57603.bf     Document Type: Article

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