Size matters: Competition within populations of the limpet Patella depressa

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 435-446

  Boaventura, Diana ^a,e   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)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Competitive interactions; Grazing limpets; Intertidal; Rocky shores

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GRAZING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLLUSC; ROCKY SHORE;

PORTUGAL;

INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PATELLA DEPRESSA; PATELLIDAE; PULMONATA;

EID: 0037656156     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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