Predation on barnacles of intertidal and subtidal mussel beds in the Wadden Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-43

  Buschbaum, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Grazing and bulldozing; Predation; Tidal zonation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; BALANIDAE; BALANUS CRENATUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; GRAPSIDAE; LITTORINA LITTOREA; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 11844275215     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-001-0094-7     Document Type: Article

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