Patch dynamics of mussels on rocky shores: Integrating process to understand pattern

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• patch dynamics 100%
• rocky shore 85%
• patch size 50%
• predation 37%
• habitat 33%
• rock 32%
• immigration 31%
• loss 28%
• disturbance 28%
• habitat type 15%
• scour 14%
• divergence 11%
• shell 10%
• timescale 9%
• time series 9%
• ice 9%
• rate 8%
• biomass 8%
• monitoring 7%
• experiment 5%
• distribution 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• mussels 68%
• rocks 46%
• species recruitment 34%
• habitats 27%
• predation 23%
• immigration 20%
• Nucella lapillus 15%
• Mytilus trossulus 15%
• Mytilus edulis 11%
• time series analysis 10%
• shell (molluscs) 9%
• ice 9%
• monitoring 6%
• biomass 5%