Fifteen degrees of separation: Latitudinal gradients of rocky intertidal biota along the California Current

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2564-2585

  Schoch, G Carl ^a,f   Menge, Bruce A ^b   Allison, Gary ^c   Kavanaugh, Maria ^b   Thompson, Sarah Ann ^d   Wood, Spencer A ^e  

^a PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f North Pacific Research Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; BIOTA; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NESTEDNESS; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WAVE RUNUP;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845445915     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2564     Document Type: Article

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