Reducing per capita food supply alters urchin condition and habitat

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 967-973

  Livore, Juan P ^a   Connell, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; OVERGRAZING; POPULATION DENSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA;

EID: 84860171296     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1875-4     Document Type: Article

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