Winter population dynamics and survival strategies of the intertidal mudflat amphipod Corophium volutator (Pallas)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 441, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-137

  Drolet, David ^a   Kennedy, Kelan ^b   Barbeau, Myriam A ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Corophium volutator; Ice; Intertidal mudflat; Thermal stress; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ICE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; MUDFLAT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA;

EID: 84874453026     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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