Negative effects of sediment deposition on grazing activity and survival of the limpet Patella vulgata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 332, Issue , 2007, Pages 235-240

  Airoldi, Laura ^a   Hawkins, Stephen J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain size; Grazing; Patella vulgata; Rocky shores; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GASTROPOD; GRAIN SIZE; GRAZING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ROCKY SHORE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PLYMOUTH [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PATELLA (GASTROPOD); PATELLA VULGATA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 34047092720     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps332235     Document Type: Article

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