Historical comparisons reveal altered competitive interactions in a guild of crustose coralline algae

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 475-483

  Mccoy, S J ^a   Pfister, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CCA; Climate change; Competitive dominance; Competitive networks; Coralline algae; Historical comparison; Intertidal community ecology; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORALLINE ALGA; DATA ACQUISITION; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ALGAE;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CCA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITIVE DOMINANCE; COMPETITIVE NETWORKS; CORALLINE ALGA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORICAL COMPARISON; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA; TIME;

CCA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITIVE DOMINANCE; COMPETITIVE NETWORKS; CORALLINE ALGAE; HISTORICAL COMPARISON; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; PACIFIC OCEAN; RHODOPHYTA; SEAWATER; TIME;

EID: 84895559337     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12247     Document Type: Article

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