Density-dependent facilitation cascades determine epifaunal community structure in temperate Australian mangroves

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1388-1401

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a   Byers, James E ^b   Marcek, Benjamin J ^c   Gribben, Paul E ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian mangrove; Avicennia marina; Density dependence; Ecosystem engineers; Facilitation; Foundation or habitat forming species; Hierarchical facilitation; Hormosira banksii; Oysters; Pneumatophores; Positive interactions; Trait mediation

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EPIFAUNA; FACILITATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MANGROVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVICENNIA; BROWN ALGA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; OYSTER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; AVICENNIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; OSTREIDAE; PHAEOPHYTA; POPULATION DENSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862272696     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2296.1     Document Type: Article

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