Temporal variability and intensity of grazing: A mesocosm experiment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 15-24

  Atalah, Javier ^a,b   Anderson, Marti J ^a   Costello, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cantharidus purpureus; Grazing frequency; Macroalgal assemblages; Percentage cover

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; MESOCOSM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; CANTHARIDUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 34547558336     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341015     Document Type: Article

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