Dynamics of coastal meta-ecosystems: The intermittent upwelling hypothesis and a test in rocky intertidal regions

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-310

  Menge, Bruce A ^a   Menge, Duncan N L ^b,c,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Competition; Ecological subsidies; Intermittent upwelling hypothesis; Large Marine Ecosystems; Meta ecosystems; Predation; Productivity; Recruitment; Rocky intertidal; Top down; Upwelling downwelling regime

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; META-ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKY SHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WAVE FIELD;

CALIFORNIA; NEW ZEALAND; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882262805     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1706.1     Document Type: Article

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