Influence of Intra- and Interspecific Interactions on Short-term Movement of the Amphipod Corophium volutator in Varying Environmental Conditions

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 940-950

  Drolet, David ^a,b   Coffin, Michael R S ^b   Barbeau, Myriam A ^b   Hamilton, Diana J ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Interspecific interactions; Intraspecific competition; Movement; Mudflat

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMMIGRATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; MUDFLAT; ROCK POOL; SNAIL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA;

EID: 84881556901     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9605-4     Document Type: Article

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