Ecological subsidies to rocky intertidal communities: Linear or non-linear changes along a consistent geographic upwelling transition?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 361-370

  Krenz, Christopher ^a,e   Menge, Bruce A ^a   Freidenburg, Tess L ^b   Lubchenco, Jane ^a   Chan, Francis ^a   Foley, Melissa M ^c   Nielsen, Karina J ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Ocean Science Trust   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological subsidies; Mussel growth; Northern California; Oregon; Phytoplankton; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIVALVE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROCKY SHORE; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; CAPE BLANCO; CAPE MENDOCINO; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 82555169514     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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