Rock walls: Small-scale diversity hotspots in the subtidal Gulf of Maine

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 425, Issue , 2011, Pages 153-165

  Miller, Robert J ^a,b   Etter, Ron J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Grazing; Gulf of Maine; Rock walls; Sessile invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECHINODERM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOT SPOT; MACROALGA; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952632132     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09025     Document Type: Article

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