Unimodal relationship between small-scale barnacle recruitment and the density of pre-existing barnacle adults

Recruitment is a key demographic process for population persistence. This paper focuses on barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) recruitment. In rocky intertidal habitats from the Gulf of St. Lawrence coast of Nova Scotia (Canada), ice scour is common during the winter. At the onset of intertidal barnac...

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Main Authors: Ricardo A. Scrosati, Julius A. Ellrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3444.pdf