Diversity enhances cover and stability of seaweed assemblages: The role of heterogeneity and time

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3008-3019

  Stachowicz, John J ^a   Graham, Michael ^b   Bracken, Matthew E S ^a,c   Szoboszlai, Amber I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Compensation; Diversity; Field experiment; Heterogeneity; Intertidal; Seaweed; Stability

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MONOCULTURE; REEF; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 57749108016     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1873.1     Document Type: Article

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