Multitrophic interactions mediate recruitment variability in a rocky intertidal community

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 275, Issue , 2004, Pages 33-45

  Forde, Samantha E ^a   Doak, Daniel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community stability; Community variability; Recruitment variability; Rocky intertidal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 4043137902     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps275033     Document Type: Article

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