Mussel bed boundaries as dynamic equilibria: Thresholds, phase shifts, and alternative states

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 612-625

  Donahue, Megan J ^a,b   Desharnais, Robert A ^a   Robles, Carlos D ^a   Arriola, Patricia ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary formation; Hysteresis; Size dependent predation; Stable states; Threshold

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESICCATION; ECHINODERM; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYSTERESIS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LANDSCAPE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGIUM; SIZE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MYTILUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REVIEW; STARFISH; STATISTICS; TSUNAMI;

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYTILUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STARFISH; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIDAL WAVES;

ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 80054883050     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662177     Document Type: Review

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