Identifying keystone predators and the importance of preserving functional diversity in sublittoral rocky-bottom areas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 413, Issue , 2010, Pages 55-67

  Clemente, Sabrina ^a,b   Hernández, José Carlos ^a,b   Rodríguez, Adriana ^a   Brito, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diadema aff. antillarum; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem service; Fishing resources; Functional diversity; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FISH; FISHING INDUSTRY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MARINE PARK; PREDATION; REEF; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

DIADEMA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 77957352282     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08700     Document Type: Article

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