Dietary niche expansion of a kelp forest predator recovering from intense commercial exploitation

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 164-172

  Hamilton, Scott L ^a,b   Newsome, Seth D ^c   Caselle, Jennifer E ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

California sheephead; Fishery; Niche breadth; Predatory prey interactions; San Nicolas Island; Sea urchin; Semicossyphus pulcher; Stable isotopes; Trophic ecology; USA

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DIETARY SHIFT; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; KELP FOREST; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATURATION; NICHE BREADTH; PERCIFORM; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SIZE STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SAN NICOLAS ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FISHERY; HERBIVORY; INVERTEBRATE; KELP; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; HERBIVORY; INVERTEBRATES; KELP; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893285526     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0014.1     Document Type: Article

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