A comparison of intertidal assemblages on exposed and sheltered tropical and temperate rocky shores

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-124

  Coates, Mike ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNACLE; INTERTIDAL ASSEMBLAGE; MUSSEL; OYSTER; ROCKY SHORE; SHELTER;

AUSTRALIA; KEPPEL BAY; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO PENINSULA; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

BIVALVIA; CIRRIPEDIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0031690806     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997814     Document Type: Article

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