Consumer-controlled community states on Gulf of Maine rocky shores

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1321-1331

  Bertness, Mark D ^a   Trussell, Geoffrey C ^a,b   Ewanchuk, Patrick J ^a,b   Silliman, Brian R ^a   Crain, Caitlin Mullan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative community states; Ascophyllum nodosum; Community ecology; Consumer control of community pattern; Disturbance theory; Gulf of Maine (USA) rocky shores; Mytilus edulis; Predation; Rocky intertidal; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE; STOCHASTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 4444233818     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0636     Document Type: Article

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