Do sulphuric acid and the brown alga Desmarestia viridis support community structure in Arctic kelp patches by altering grazing impact, distribution patterns, and behaviour of sea urchins?

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-82

  Molis, Markus ^a   Wessels, Hendrik ^b   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Karsten, Ulf ^c   Wiencke, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alaria esculenta; Associative defense; Desmarestia viridis; Destructive grazing; Kongsfjorden; Plant herbivore interactions; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING PRESSURE; INVERTEBRATE; KELP FOREST; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWEED; SULFURIC ACID;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALARIA ESCULENTA; DESMARESTIA VIRIDIS; ECHINOIDEA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 58649091068     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0504-2     Document Type: Article

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