Grazing dynamics in intertidal rockpools: Connectivity of microhabitats

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Noël, Laure M L J ^a,b   Hawkins, Steve J ^a,c   Jenkins, Stuart R ^a,c   Thompson, Richard C ^b  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Herbivory; Patellids; Rocky intertidal; Tidepool

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; GRAZING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; ROCK POOL;

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

EID: 59849097954     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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