The effect of life-history variation on the population size structure of a rocky intertidal snail (Littorina sitkana)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-132

  Rochette, Rémy ^a,b,d   Dunmall, Karen ^c   Dill, Lawrence M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bamfield; British Columbia; Intertidal ecology; Life history theory; Littorina sitkana; Northeastern Pacific; Population demography; Predation pressure

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

BAMFIELD INLET; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA SITKANA; LITTORINIDAE;

EID: 0037372602     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(02)00217-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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