The body size-population density relationship in tropical rocky intertidal communities

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 557-566

  Navarrete, Sergio A ^a,b   Menge, Bruce A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abundance; Density body size scaling; Fish predation; Intertidal invertebrates; Latitudinal comparisons

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC COAST; PANAMA;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 0030746855     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5949     Document Type: Article

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