Marine reserves reduce risk of climate-driven phase shift by reinstating size- and habitat-specific trophic interactions

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1232-1245

  Ling, S D ^a   Johnson, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centrostephanus rodgersii; Climate change; Fishing; Kelp beds; Marine protected areas; Predation; Range extension; Resilience; Sea urchin; Spatial refuge; Tasmanian temperate reefs; Urchin barrens

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; KELP FOREST; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGE; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALINURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALINURIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SEA URCHINS;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

CENTROSTEPHANUS RODGERSII; DIADEMATIDAE; ECHINOIDEA; LOBSTER;

EID: 84863006611     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1587.1     Document Type: Article

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