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The grazing effect of limpets on the macroalgal community of a rocky intertidal shore
Abstract Abundance of macro‐algae in the mid‐littoral zone on a Victorian intertidal rocky shore varied seasonally, algae being rare in Summer and common in Winter and Spring. Field experiments demonstrated that, of two species of grazing limpets (Cellana tramoserica and Siphonana diemenensis), only Siphonaria had a major effect on the abundance of foliose algae (e.g. Scytopsiphon lomeniarid) and neither species had a great effect on the encrusting algae (Ralfsia spp.). There was no evidence of competition for food between the two species of limpets, in contrast with results found for similar species in New South Wales.
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Australian journal of ecologyVolume
17Issue
1Pagination
75 - 82Publisher
John Wiley & SonsLocation
Chichester, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0307-692XeISSN
1442-9993Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
[1992, John Wiley & Sons]Usage metrics
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