Fish versus starfish predation in controlling sea urchin populations in Mediterranean rocky shores

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 382, Issue , 2009, Pages 129-138

  Bonaviri, Chiara ^a   Fernández, Tomás Vega ^b   Badalamenti, Fabio ^b   Gianguzza, Paola ^a   Di Lorenzo, Manfredi ^a   Riggio, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barrens; Community dynamics; Diplodus spp.; Marthasterias glacialis; Sea urchin; Seabream; Sicily; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECHINODERM; FISHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROALGA; MORTALITY; OVERGRAZING; PERCIFORM; PERSISTENCE; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; USTICA;

ARBACIA; ARBACIA LIXULA; ASTEROIDEA; DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; ECHINOIDEA; MARTHASTERIAS GLACIALIS; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 66649087160     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07976     Document Type: Article

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