Temporal changes in kelp forest benthic communities following an invasion by the rock lobster Jasus lalandii

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 481-490

  Blamey, L K ^a   Branch, G M ^a   Reaugh Flower, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abalone; Ecosystem effects of fishing; Kelp; Predation; Range shift; Regime shift; Urchins

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXPLOITATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GASTROPOD; HARVESTING; HERBIVORE; KELP FOREST; LOBSTER; MACROALGA; PREDATION; RANGE EXPANSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CAPE HANGKLIP; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ECHINOIDEA; HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS MIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; JASUS LALANDII; LOBSTER; PARECHINUS ANGULOSUS;

EID: 78650493291     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2010.538138     Document Type: Article

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