Density- and trait-mediated effects of fish predators on amphipod grazers: Potential indirect benefits for the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 417, Issue , 2010, Pages 151-158

  Perez Matus, Alejandro ^a   Shima, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Kelp beds; Multiple predator effects; New Zealand; Predation; Reef fishes; Trait mediated effects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROWN ALGA; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORE; KELP FOREST; MESOCOSM; MUTUALISM; NEST; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; PREDATOR; REEF; SEAWEED; TROPHIC CASCADE;

NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIPODA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS; PISCES;

EID: 78149441894     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08820     Document Type: Article

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