Recovery of an intertidal assemblage following a rare occurrence of scouring by Sea Ice in Nova Scotia, Canada

Botanica Marina

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-148

  Minchinton, T E ^a,b   Scheibling, R E ^a   Hunt, H L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHONDRUS; CHONDRUS CRISPUS; FUCUS EVANESCENS; FUCUS SPIRALIS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 0030945128     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1997.40.1-6.139     Document Type: Article

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