The importance of crevices to the intertidal snail Littoraria articulata (Philippi) in a tropical mangrove forest

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 367, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 131-138

  Catesby, Simon M ^a,b   McKillup, Stephen C ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Littoraria; Mangrove; Shell strength; Tropical

Indexed keywords

HEXAMINIUS POPEIANA; LITTORARIA ARTICULATA;

EID: 0031707539     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003271915241     Document Type: Article

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