Intertidal barnacles as indicators of the intensity of scour by sea ice

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 183-187

  Belt, Kiva M ^a   Cole, Stephen W B ^a   Scrosati, Ricardo A ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Ecological indicator; Ice scour; Intertidal zone; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOINDICATOR; CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MELT; SCOUR; SEA ICE;

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

ALGAE; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 65649128532     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07935     Document Type: Article

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