Limpet grazing on a physically stressful Patagonian rocky shore

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-34

  Bazterrica, M Cielo ^a   Silliman, Brian R ^b   Hidalgo, Fernando J ^a   Crain, Caitlin M ^c   Bertness, Mark D ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structuring forces; Consumers control; Extreme physical conditions; Limpet grazing; Patagonian shorelines; Rocky shores

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GASTROPOD; GRAZING PRESSURE; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; NACELLA; NACELLA MAGELLANICA; OSTREIDAE; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 35748968511     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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