Analysis of competitive interactions between the limpets Patella depressa Pennant and Patella vulgata L. on the northern coast of Portugal

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-188

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Grazing limpets; Intertidal; Portugal; Rocky shores

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; ROCKY SHORE;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPETITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; ROCK; SEASHORE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

(NORTH); (NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGAL;

MOLLUSCA; PATELLA DEPRESSA; PATELLA VULGATA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 0037166066     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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