Side matters: Microhabitat influence on intertidal heat stress over a large geographical scale

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 200-208

  Seabra, Rui ^a,b   Wethey, David S ^c   Santos, António M ^a,b   Lima, Fernando P ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Intertidal organisms; Microhabitat; Patella; Robolimpets; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ANIMALIA; PATELLA (GASTROPOD); PATELLIDAE;

EID: 79955118335     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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