Gastropod egg mass deposition on a temperate, wave-exposed coastline in New South Wales, Australia: Implications for intertidal conservation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-280

  Benkendorff, K ^a,b   Davis, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat diversity; Marine reserve design; Microhabitat use; Molluscan egg masses; Rocky shore conservation; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

COAST; CONSERVATION; EGG; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA;

EID: 2942706079     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.604     Document Type: Review

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