Effects of predation by common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in an intertidal rockweed bed relative to an adjacent mussel bed

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Hamilton, D J ^a,b   Nudds, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HARVESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; PREDATION;

ALGAE; ANAS; ANAS SP.; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BIVALVIA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NUCELLA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PILEA MICROPHYLLA; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; VINCA MINOR;

EID: 0038116734     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0935-1     Document Type: Article

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