Timing of mussel mortality and predator activity in sheltered bays of the Gulf of Maine, USA

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-62

  Petraitis, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Failure time analysis; Mortality; Mussels; Predation; Rocky shores

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; MUSSEL; PREDATOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MYTILUS EDULIS; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 0032447704     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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