Disaster, Catastrophe, and Local Persistence of the Sea Palm Postelsia Palmaeformis

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Journal Science

Specialty Science

Date 1979 Aug 17

PMID 17781258

Citations 12

Authors

R T Paine

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Abstract

Two components of natural disturbance, its local intensity and frequency beyond a threshold level, limit a marine benthic alga to wave-swept shores. Transplant experiments indicate that the limited distribution is not due to physiological restriction. Instead, it requires predictable annual disturbance of moderate intensity for local persistence.

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