Population structure of the barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides (Cirripedia, Thoracica), across intertidal environmental stress gradients in northern Nova Scotia, Canada

Crustaceana

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 725-736

  Macpherson, Elizabeth A ^a   Scrosati, Ricardo ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

CIRRIPEDIA THORACICA; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 44349132246     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854008784513393     Document Type: Article

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