Role of food availability in the bathymetric distribution of the starfish Marthasterias glacialis (Lamk.)on reefs of northern Portugal;Efecto de la disponibilidad alimenticia sobre la distribución batimétrica de la estrella de mar Marthasterias glacialis (Lamk.) en arrecifes del norte de Portugal

Scientia Marina

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-15

  Tuya, Fernando ^a,b,c   Duarte, Pedro ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Food availability; Portugal; Segregation; Spatial patterns; Starfish; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRY; ECHINODERM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GASTROPOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; POPULATION SIZE; REEF; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PORTUGAL;

ASTEROIDEA; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; MARTHASTERIAS GLACIALIS; MYTILUS; THORACICA;

EID: 84857487959     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2012.76n1009     Document Type: Article

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