Positive indirect effects of reef fishes on kelp performance: The importance of mesograzers

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1548-1561

  Davenport, Andrew C ^a   Anderson, Todd W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyistius frenatus; Giant kelp; Grazing; Indirect effects; Kelp perch; Macrocystis pyrifera; Mesograzer; Oxyjulis californica; Reef fishes; Se orita; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; SEAWEED; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYISTIUS FRENATUS; INVERTEBRATA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; OXYJULIS CALIFORNICA; PISCES;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KELP; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; KELP; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

EID: 34547639864     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0880     Document Type: Article

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