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Physical Disturbance

Physical Disturbance is a type of ecological disturbance characterized by abiotic mechanical forces that alter the structure and integrity of marine habitats through direct physical impact, such as wave action, sediment transport, ice scour, or anthropogenic activities like dredging and trawling.

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Publications

433

Competition on Marine Hard Substrata: The Adaptive Significance of Solitary and Colonial Strategies

Jeremy B. C. Jackson · The American Naturalist · 1977 · 843 citations

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Multiple stressors on coral reefs: A long ‐term perspective

Terry P. Hughes, J.H. Connell · Limnology and Oceanography · 1999 · 690 citations · Full text

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Role of early post-settlement mortality in recruitment of benthic marine invertebrates

RE Scheibling · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1997 · 633 citations · Full text

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Community Development and Persistence in a Low Rocky Intertidal Zone

Jane Lubchenco, Bruce A. Menge · Ecological Monographs · 1978 · 615 citations

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ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE TO BIOLOGICAL INVASION OVERWHELMED BY PROPAGULE PRESSURE

Betsy Von Holle, Daniel Simberloff · Ecology · 2005 · 593 citations

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Authors

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  1. MJ
    Michel J. Kaiser

    Bangor University, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. JG
    Jan Geert Hiddink

    Bangor University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 660 citations

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  3. TJ
    Tjeerd J. Bouma

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    5 publications · 353 citations

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  4. TB
    Thorsten Balke

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 279 citations

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  5. SJ
    Simon Jennings

    Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 649 citations

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Institutions

529

  1. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    5K citations

  2. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

    Lowestoft, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Plymouth Marine Laboratory

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    635 citations

  6. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    644 citations

  7. University of Plymouth

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    601 citations

  8. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 33 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Ecology

    17 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Ecology

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Freshwater Biology

    11 publications · 507 citations

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