Abundance of sedentary consumers and sessile organisms along the wave exposure gradient of subtropical rocky shores of the south-west Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 961-967

  Christofoletti, Ronaldo A ^a,b   Takahashi, Camila K ^c,d   Oliveira, Diogo N ^c   Flores, Augusto A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distribution; filter feeding animals; limpets; macroalgae; rocky shores; sea urchins; wave exposure; whelks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COEXISTENCE; ECHINODERM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING PRESSURE; MACROALGA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; ROCKY SHORE; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WAVE ACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; PATELLIDAE; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA; THORACICA;

EID: 79960233818     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001992     Document Type: Article

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