What determines the distribution of coastal hydrobiid mudsnails within north-western Europe?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-110

  Barnes, R S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Competition; Dispersal; Gastropods; Intertidal zones; Lagoons; Life histories

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SNAIL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EUROPE;

GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA NEGLECTA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; HYDROBIA VENTROSA;

EID: 0032723498     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.1999.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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