Additive effects of physical stress and herbivores on intertidal seaweed biodiversity

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1089-1101

  Williams, Susan L ^a   Bracken, Matthew E S ^a,b   Jones, Emily ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bodega Marine Reserve; California; Herbivores; Nutrients; Physical stress; Rocky intertidal zone; Seaweed; Tidal height; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEA; SEAWEED; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; HERBIVORY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWEED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

BODEGA MARINE RESERVE; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878031869     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0401.1     Document Type: Article

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