Establishment and persistence of species-rich patches in a species-poor landscape: role of a structure-forming subtidal barnacle

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 380, Issue , 2009, Pages 187-198

  Davis, A R ^a   Ward, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cirripedia; Echinoidea; Grazing activity; Habitat structure; Porifera; Rocky subtidal zone; Sessile invertebrates; Structural heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ECHINODERM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GRAZING; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROCKY SHORE; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AUSTROBALANUS IMPERATOR; CIRRIPEDIA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA; THORACICA;

EID: 67649148493     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07905     Document Type: Article

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