Trophic cascade in a seaweed-epifauna-fish food chain

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 161-167

  Newcombe, Emma M ^a,b   Taylor, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ecklonia radiata; Epifauna; Marine trophic cascade; Notolabrus celidotusxs

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; ECHINODERM; EPIFAUNA; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALATABILITY; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REEF; SEAWEED; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; INVERTEBRATA; NOTOLABRUS; PISCES;

EID: 77954099266     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08589     Document Type: Article

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