Welcome mats? The role of seagrass meadow structure in controlling post-settlement survival in a keystone sea-urchin species

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 472-478

  Prado, Patricia ^a,b   Romero, Javier ^c   Alcoverro, Teresa ^b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

population structure; Posidonia oceanica; post settlement; recruitment; rhizome mat structure; sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MEADOW; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 70449134619     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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