Grazing effects of the periwinkle Echinolittorina peruviana at a central Peruvian high rocky intertidal

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-83

  Hidalgo, Fernando J ^a   Firstater, Fausto N ^a   Fanjul, Eugenia ^a   Bazterrica, M Cielo ^a   Lomovasky, Betina J ^a,b   Tarazona, Juan ^c   Iribarne, Oscar O ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

Author keywords

Echinolittorina peruviana; Field experiments; Grazing; Peru; Rocky intertidal

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EPILITHON; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; ROCKY SHORE; SNAIL;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; ECHINOLITTORINA PERUVIANA; GASTROPODA; GELIDIUM; TEXADINA; THORACICA; ULVA;

EID: 39649110633     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-007-0086-3     Document Type: Article

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