Stressed but stable: Canopy loss decreased species synchrony and metabolic variability in an intertidal hard-bottom community

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Valdivia, Nelson ^a,b   Golléty, Claire ^c,d,e   Migné, Aline ^c,d   Davoult, Dominique ^c,d   Molis, Markus ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CANOPY THINNING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; TIME; TSUNAMI;

FUCUS SERRATUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIDAL WAVES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860504624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036541     Document Type: Article

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