Effects of whelk (Nucella lapillus (L.)) predation on mussel (Mytilus trossulus (Gould), M. edulis (L.)) assemblages in tidepools and on emergent rock on a wave-exposed rocky shore in Nova Scotia, Canada

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-113

  Hunt, Heather L ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intertidal zone; Mytilus; Nucella lapillus; Predation; Tidepools

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMERGENT ROCK; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MICROHABITAT VARIATION; PREDATION; TIDEPOOL;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDICTION;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, HALIFAX;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 0031806846     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00239-6     Document Type: Article

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