Inventory of intertidal marine habitats, Boston Harbor Islands national park area

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-200

  Bell, Richard ^a,b   Buchsbaum, Robert ^c   Roman, Charles ^d   Chandler, Mark ^a,e  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Audubon Society   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 24644454283     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)12[169:ioimhb]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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