Spatial patchiness of epilithic biofilm caused by refuge-inhabiting high shore gastropods

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 545, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 279-287

  Stafford, Richard ^a,b   Davies, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilithic biofilm; Grazing halo; Littorina saxatilis; Melarhaphe neritoides; Spatial patchiness

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY;

CREVICES; DESICCATION; EPILITHIC BIOFILMS; LITTORINIDS;

BIOFILMS;

AGGREGATION; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS; MELARHAPHE NERITOIDES; TEXADINA;

EID: 21644449517     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-3320-5     Document Type: Article

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