Grazing effects in macroalgal communities depend on timing of patch colonization

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-46

  Korpinen, Samuli ^a   Jormalainen, Veijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Colonization; Community control; Grazing; Macroalgal diversity; Macroalgal mosaic; Mesograzers; Patchy distribution; Rocky shore; Sublittoral depth

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROWN ALGA; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRAZING PRESSURE; GREEN ALGA; GROWING SEASON; MACROALGA; PATCH DYNAMICS; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL PERIOD; WATER DEPTH;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 43649100577     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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