Is life on a tropical shore really so hard?: The role of abiotic factors in structuring a supralittoral molluscan assemblage

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 477-483

  Minton, D ^a   Gochfeld, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenchritis; Community structure; Littorinidae; Mollusks; Nodilittorina; Rocky shore; Tectarius

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ROCKY SHORE;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0034852816     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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