Regional decoupling between NW Atlantic barnacle recruit and adult density is related to changes in pelagic food supply and benthic disturbance

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Cole, Stephen W B ^a   Scrosati, Ricardo A ^a   Tam, Jamie C ^a,c   Sussmann, Andrea V ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Disturbance; Intertidal; Productivity; Recruitment; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; DISTURBANCE; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; MAINE; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 78650817509     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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