Colonisation vs. disturbance: The effects of sustained ice-scouring on intertidal communities

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-21

  Pugh, P J A ^a   Davenport, J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Disturbance; Ice scouring; Littoral; Mechanical stress; South Georgia; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COLONIZATION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ICE SCOURING; ICEBERG SCOURING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 0031585822     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02711-6     Document Type: Article

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