Modeling a regime shift in a kelp forest ecosystem caused by a lobster range expansion

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 347-375

  Blarney, Laura K ^a   Plagányi, Éva E ^a,b   Branch, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; KELP FOREST; LOBSTER; LOCAL EXTINCTION; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ECHINOIDEA; HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS MIDAE; JASUS LALANDII; LOBSTER; PARECHINUS ANGULOSUS;

EID: 84876279791     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1127     Document Type: Article

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