Spatial niche partitioning in the Cellaria meadow epibiont association, northern Adriatic Sea

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  McKinney, Frank Ken ^a,c   Jaklin, Andrej ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryozoa; Epibionts; Growth habit; Modular organisms; Niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

EPIBIONT; NICHE PARTITIONING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034001387     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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