Early post-settlement mortality of an intertidal barnacle: A critical period for survival

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Gosselin, Louis A ^a,b   Qian, Pei Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Bulldozing; Density dependent mortality; Early juvenile; Recruitment; Sessile invertebrates; Settlement; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POST-SETTLEMENT MORTALITY; SETTLEMENT; SURVIVAL;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, BARKLEY SOUND;

BALANUS GLANDULA; CIRRIPEDIA;

EID: 0029789168     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135069     Document Type: Article

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