Population structure, recruitment and distribution patterns of Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 on the central Portuguese coast

Boletin - Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia

Volumn 19, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 461-471

  Silva, Ana ^a   Boaventura, Diana ^a,b   Re P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Growth; Limpet; Population distribution; Recruitment pattern

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH; RECRUITMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CHTHAMALUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PATELLA DEPRESSA;

EID: 26244465740     PISSN: 00740195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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