Effects of shore height and visitor pressure on the diversity and distribution of four intertidal taxa at Labrador beach, Singapore

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 477-484

  Huang, Danwei ^a   Todd, Peter A ^a   Chou, Loke Ming ^a   Ang, Kheng Hui ^a   Boon, Pei Ya ^a   Cheng, Liyan ^a   Ling, Han ^a   Lee, Wan Jean ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intertidal; Labrador beach; Rocky shore; Singapore; Visitor pressure; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 49749113981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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