Barnacle population dynamics and recruitment regulation in southcentral Alaska

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-302

  Carroll, Michael L ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Barnacles; Competition; Density dependence; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Rocky intertidal; Supply side ecology

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GEOGRAPHIC LIMIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

ADULT; BARNACLE; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES; UNITED STATES;

USA, ALASKA, KACHEMAK BAY;

EID: 0030201523     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00178-6     Document Type: Article

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