Within- and between-patch variability of predation intensity on the mussel Mytilus trossulus gould on a rocky intertidal shore in Oregon, USA

Ecological Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-203

  Noda, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds; Mussel; Patch dynamics; Predation; Spatial variability; Whelk

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; NUCELLA;

EID: 0033152489     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1999.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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