Summer mortality: Effects on the distribution and abundance of the acorn barnacle Tetraclita japonica on tropical shores

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 328, Issue , 2006, Pages 195-204

  Chan, Benny K K ^a,d   Morritt, David ^b   De Pirro, Maurizio ^c   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^a,b   Williams, Gray A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Distribution; Summer mortality; Tetraclita

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROCKY SHORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

BALANIDAE; TETRACLITA; TETRACLITA JAPONICA; THORACICA;

EID: 33846524928     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps328195     Document Type: Article

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