Environmental conditions and physiological tolerances of intertidal fauna in relation to shore zonation at Husvik, South Georgia

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 985-1002

  Davenport, John ^a   Macalister, Hector ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; GASTROPODA; LASAEA RUBRA; LUMBRICILLUS; MOLLUSCA; NACELLA CONCINNA; THORACICA; TIGRIOPUS; CIRRIPEDIA; OLIGOCHAETA;

ADAPTATION; DESICCATION TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREEZING RESISTANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL ZONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL TOLERANCES; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SHORE ZONATION; THERMAL TOLERANCE;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA, HUSVIK;

EID: 0030302981     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400040923     Document Type: Article

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