Spatial and temporal variation in grazing damage by the gastropod Lacuna vincta in Nova scotian kelp beds

Agriculture & Biology

• spatial variation 100%
• temporal variation 98%
• macroalgae 92%
• Gastropoda 91%
• grazing 76%
• Nova Scotia 33%
• biomass 24%
• Canada 22%
• Saccharina 21%
• Laminaria digitata 19%
• hurricanes 17%
• economic threshold 17%
• Bryozoa 16%
• population growth 12%
• exposure duration 12%
• seasonal variation 11%
• physical properties 10%
• tissues 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• gastropod 97%
• grazing 81%
• temporal variation 77%
• spatial variation 75%
• damage 59%
• biomass 24%
• bryozoan 15%
• wave action 15%
• exposure 15%
• loss 14%
• threshold value 13%
• hurricane 12%
• field experiment 11%
• physical property 10%
• tissue 9%
• distribution 9%
• effect 3%