Trends in abundance of rocky intertidal seaweeds and filter feeders across gradients of elevation, wave exposure, and ice scour in eastern Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 603, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Scrosati, Ricardo ^a   Heaven, Christine ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Ice scour; Intertidal elevation; Mussels; Seaweeds; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ICE; WATER WAVES;

BARNACLES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FILTER FEEDERS; ICE SCOUR; MUSSELS; WAVE EXPOSURE;

SEAWEED;

BIVALVE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER FEEDER; ICE SHEET; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAWEED; WAVE ACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; CHONDRUS; CHONDRUS CRISPUS; FUCUS; MYTILUS; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 41049111777     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9160-8     Document Type: Article

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