Disturbance and reef topography maintain high local diversity in Ecklonia radiata kelp forests

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1618-1630

  Toohey, Benjamin D ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a   Harvey, Euan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DISTURBANCE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; KELP FOREST; MACROALGA; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PROTIST; REEF; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ECKLONIA RADIATA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 34548564076     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15689.x     Document Type: Review

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