Bottom-up control of temperate rocky intertidal community structure: Evidence from a transplant experiment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 491, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-151

  Gardner, Jonathan P A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Coastal processes; Condition index; Food limitation; Growth; Mortality; Mytilus galloprovincialis

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDITION FACTOR; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN;

COOK STRAIT; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND]; WELLINGTON HARBOUR;

EID: 84885048722     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10456     Document Type: Article

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