Wave disturbance overwhelms top-down and bottom-up control of primary production in California kelp forests

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2108-2116

  Reed, Daniel C ^a   Rassweiler, Andrew ^a   Carr, Mark H ^b   Cavanaugh, Kyle C ^a   Malone, Daniel P ^b   Siegel, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer pressure; Macrocystis pyrifera; NPP; Nutrient limitation; Regional comparison; Resource availability; Sea urchin grazing; Trophic cascade; Wave disturbance

Indexed keywords

PACIFIC BLUE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; BROWN ALGA; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; ECHINODERM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAZING PRESSURE; KELP FOREST; MARINE MAMMAL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STORM SURGE; SUCCESSION; TIMESCALE; TROPHIC CONTROL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WAVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; KELP; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; KELP; OTTERS; SEA URCHINS; SEASONS; SUCCINIMIDES; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; ENHYDRA; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 80054794045     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0377.1     Document Type: Article

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