The influence of multiple environmental stressors on the limpet Cellana toreuma during the summer monsoon season in Hong Kong

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Firth, Louise B ^a   Williams, Gray A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mortality event; Osmotic stress; Rain; Salinity; Temperature; Tidepool

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GASTROPOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGE; ROCK POOL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

CELLANA TOREUMA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 67649094086     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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