The effect of the grazing gastropod Bembicium nanum on recolonization of algae on an intertidal rock platform

At Aireys Inlet, Victoria, the predominant algal species was the brown alga Hormosira banksii, while the predominant invertebrate herbivore was Bembicium nanum. B. nanum had a significant effect on recolonization of the ephemeral brown alga Scytosiphon lomentaria but there was no effect on recolonization of H. banksii or of the green alga Enteromorpha intestinalis.