Intertidal rocky shore communities of the continental Portuguese coast: Analysis of distribution patterns

Marine Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-90

  Boaventura, Diana ^a   Ré, Pedro ^a   Da Fonseca, Luís Cancela ^b   Hawkins, Stephen J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution patterns; Intertidal communities; Portugal; Rocky shores

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; FAUNA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ROCKY SHORE;

PORTUGAL;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; TEXADINA; THORACICA;

EID: 0036097877     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2002.02758.x     Document Type: Article

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