Scale-dependent variation in competitive ability among encrusting Arctic species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 275, Issue , 2004, Pages 21-32

  Barnes, David K A ^a   Kuklinski, Piotr ^b,c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competitive rank; Overgrowth; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DISTURBANCE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 4043183298     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps275021     Document Type: Article

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