An experimental analysis of ecological dominance in a rocky subtidal macroalgal community

The Evolution of Thallus Form and Survival Strategies in Benthic Marine Macroalgae: Field and Laboratory Tests of a Functional Form Model

Mark M. Littler, Diane S. Littler · The American Naturalist · 1980 · 869 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +17

Patch Dynamics and Stability of Some California Kelp Communities

Paul K. Dayton, Vickie Currie, Tim Gerrodette et al. · Ecological Monographs · 1984 · 548 citations

Life Sciences, Botany, Ecology +15

Intertidal Mosaics: Patch Size, Propagule Availability, and Spatially Variable Patterns of Succession

Wayne P. Sousa · Ecology · 1984 · 429 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Marine Sciences +17

The Effects of Canopy Shadings on Algal Recruitment and Growth in a Giant Kelp Forest

Daniel C. Reed, Michael S. Foster · Ecology · 1984 · 425 citations

Life Sciences, Botany, Ecology +14

Ecological Determinism in the Competition for Space: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture

Robert T. Paine · Ecology · 1984 · 332 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +10