Life in the Supralittoral Fringe: Microhabitat Choice, Mobility and Growth in the Tropical Perwinkle Cenchritis (=Tectarius) muricatus (Linneaus, 1758)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-154

  Judge, Michael L ^a   Duell, Rachel ^b   Burriesci, Laura ^a   Moarsi, Wassem ^a  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Division of Natural Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Growth; Littorinid; Microhabitat; Supralittoral

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MICROHABITAT; MOBILITY; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SNAIL; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CENCHRITIS MURICATUS; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; GASTROPODA; TEXADINA;

EID: 59049100348     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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