Differential patterns of distribution of limpets on intertidal seawalls: Experimental investigation of the roles of recruitment, survival and Competition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 407, Issue , 2010, Pages 55-69

  Ivesa L ^a   Chapman, M G ^b   Underwood, A J ^b   Murphy, R J ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial structures; Competition; Grazing; Habitat; Intertidal; Limpets

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SANDSTONE; SURVIVAL; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

ALGAE; PATELLIDAE; PATELLOIDA LATISTRIGATA; SIPHONARIA DENTICULATA;

EID: 77954114655     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08539     Document Type: Article

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