Dislodged but not dead: Survivorship of a high intertidal snail following wave dislodgement

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 735-739

  Miller, Luke P ^a   O'Donnell, Michael J ^a,b   Mach, Katharine J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION RISK; ROCKY SHORE; SNAIL; SURVIVORSHIP; WAVE BREAKING;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA KEENAE;

EID: 34249096784     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055221     Document Type: Article

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