Phase-Shift Dynamics of Sea Urchin Overgrazing on Nutrified Reefs.

Phase-Shift Dynamics of Sea Urchin Overgrazing on Nutrified Reefs.

Shifts from productive kelp beds to impoverished sea urchin barrens occur globally and represent a wholesale change to the ecology of sub-tidal temperate reefs. Although the theory of shifts between alternative stable states is well advanced, there are few field studies detailing the dynamics of the...

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Main Authors: Nina Kriegisch, Simon Reeves, Craig R Johnson, Scott D Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5193397?pdf=render

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