Effects of the El Niño southern oscillation on Turbo torquatus (Gastropoda) and their kelp habitat

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 594-606

  Ettinger Epstein, Piers ^a   Kingsford, Michael J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ENSO; Gastropod; Kelp; Temperate reefs; Turbo torquatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GASTROPOD; KELP FOREST; ROCKY SHORE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; TURBO TORQUATUS;

EID: 57349127596     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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