Direct effects of physical stress can be counteracted by indirect benefits: Oyster growth on a tidal elevation gradient

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 426-433

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a,b   Peterson, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial exposure; Crassostrea ariakensis; Intertidal; Oyster shell fouling; Zonation

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIDE; ZONATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OYSTER; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; OSTREIDAE; SEAWATER; STRESS;

ASCIDIACEA; CRASSOSTREA ARIAKENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 33644591304     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0273-3     Document Type: Article

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