The key role of the sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum in controlling macroalgae assemblages throughout the Canary Islands (eastern subtropical Atlantic): An spatio-temporal approach

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-270

  Hernández, José Carlos ^a,b   Clemente, Sabrina ^b   Sangil, Carlos ^b,c   Brito, Alberto ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c Reserva Mundial de la Biosfera La Palma   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Diadema aff. antillarum; Lobophora stable state; MPA; Non crustose macroalgae; Spatio temporal variability; Urchin stable state

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

ATLANTIC; CANARY ISLANDS; MACRO ALGAE; SEA URCHINS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL APPROACH;

LANDFORMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECHINODERM; MACROALGA; POPULATION DENSITY; ROCKY SHORE; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; MACROALGA; SEA URCHIN; SPAIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DIADEMA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 48549098887     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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