Effect of grazing by limpets on mid-shore species assemblages in northern Spain

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 117-133

  Arrontes, J ^a   Arenas, F ^b   Fernandez C ^a   Rico, J M ^a   Oliveros, J ^a   Martinez B ^c   Viejo, R M ^c   Alvarez, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Fucus spp.; Grazing; Indirect effects; Patella spp.; Spain

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GRAZING; MACROALGA; MOLLUSC; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; CIRRIPEDIA; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GASTROPODA; GIBBULA; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; PATELLIDAE; THAIS; THAIS LAPILLUS; THORACICA; TROCHIDAE;

EID: 4544255143     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277117     Document Type: Article

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