PERTURBATION AND RECOVERY PATTERNS OF STARFISH-DOMINATED INTERTIDAL ASSEMBLAGES IN CHILE, NEW-ZEALAND, AND WASHINGTON STATE

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dc.contributor.authorPAINE, RT
dc.contributor.authorCASTILLO, JC
dc.contributor.authorCANCINO, J
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:27:08Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:27:08Z
dc.date.issued1985
dc.description.abstractWhen starfish are removed from small portions (< 63-m2 areas) of certain marine communities, mussels increase the percentage of space that they occupy. When compared to other studies in New Zealand and Wasington State new results from Chile indicate that none of these assemblages is stable when perturbed in this fashion. All attain a different state within relatively brief periods. When starfish were permitted to return, 2 different recovery patterns were observed. In Chile, the experimental site converged rapidly toward the undisturbed control; at the other sites, mussels too large to be eaten by starfish continued to dominate the space. The results indicate the importance of size escapes from predation for marine communities. Whether these persistent, but diminishing in spatial converage, stands of mussels are alternative stable states or not is dependent on the definition of stability employed.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn1537-5323
dc.identifier.issn0003-0147
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/99694
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1985AHJ7600004
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final691
dc.pagina.inicio679
dc.revistaAmerican naturalist
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titlePERTURBATION AND RECOVERY PATTERNS OF STARFISH-DOMINATED INTERTIDAL ASSEMBLAGES IN CHILE, NEW-ZEALAND, AND WASHINGTON STATE
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen125
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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