Position affects gastropod predation of sessile colonizers on a tropical rocky shore

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1017-1029

  Coates, Mike ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Competition; Intertidal; Muricids; Oysters

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMASA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CHTHAMALUS; CIRRIPEDIA; GASTROPODA; OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA; SACCOSTREA AMASA; SACCOSTREA ECHINATA; TETRACLITA; TETRACLITA SQUAMOSA; THORACICA;

EID: 0036918993     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01061     Document Type: Article

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