Seaweed richness and herbivory increase rate of community recovery from disturbance

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 879-890

  Aquilino, Kristin M ^a   Stachowicz, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biodiversity; Bodega marine reserve; California, USA; Disturbance; Field experiment; Herbivores; Resilience; Rocky shore; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIELDWORK; HERBIVORY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MONOCULTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLYCULTURE; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BROWN ALGA; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA; SEAWEED; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYTA; HERBIVORY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHAEOPHYTA; RHODOPHYTA; SEAWEED; TIME FACTORS;

BODEGA MARINE RESERVE; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84861373541     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0457.1     Document Type: Article

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