Marine intertidal organisms found in experimental clearings on sheltered shores in the Gulf of Maine

• Main Authors: ESA, Ecological Society of America, Peter S. Petraitis
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: ESA Data Registry 2006
• Subjects: alternative stable states; community ecology; Gulf of Maine; LTREB data; marine algae; marine invertebrates; mussels; rocky intertidal shores; succession; Ascophyllum nodosum; Mytilus edulis; Modiolus modiolus; Tectura testudinalis; Littorina littorea; Littorina obtusata; Nucella lapillus; Semibalanus balanoides; Fucus vesiculosus
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/esa.34.1

Experimental clearings in macroalgal (Ascophyllum nodosum) stands were established in 1996 to determine if mussel beds and macroalgal stands on protected intertidal shores of New England represent alternative community states. Circular clearings 1, 2, 4, and 8 m in diameter were made in Ascophyllum...