Fluctuating asymmetry in Semibalanus balanoides (Crustacea: Cirripedia) at different heights on the shore

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 644-648

  Sullivan, M S ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

MULL; STRATHCLYDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BALANIDAE; CIRRIPEDIA; CRUSTACEA; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 0032433971     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00558.x     Document Type: Article

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