Large-scale coexistence and small-scale segregation of key species on rocky shores

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 614, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 233-241

  Firth, Louise B ^a   Crowe, Tasman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Habitat; Ireland; Limpet; P. ulyssiponensis; Patella vulgata

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PEST CONTROL; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

HABITAT; IRELAND; LIMPET; P. ULYSSIPONENSIS; PATELLA VULGATA;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; GASTROPOD; GROWTH RATE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MACROALGA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; PATELLA (GASTROPOD); PATELLA ULYSSIPONENSIS; PATELLA VULGATA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 53149124365     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9509-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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