Microdistribution of the polymorphic snail littorina saxatilis (olivi) in a patchy rocky shore habitat

Ophelia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Kostylev, V ^a,b   Erlandsson, J ^a   Johannesson, K ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; MICRODISTRIBUTION; ROCKY SHORE; ROCKY SHORES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN, GALICIA;

CHTHAMALUS STELLATUS; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0030687572     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1997.10433386     Document Type: Article

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