Influence of the physical structure of an invasive barnacle in structuring macroinvertebrate assemblages
Many invertebrate species use the microhabitats generated by barnacles to settle and to avoid predation and desiccation. In Argentina, the acorn barnacle Balanus glandula not only colonizes rocky shores but has also successfully invaded soft bottom salt marshes, where it form large three-dimensiona...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Asociación Argentina de Ecología
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Ecología Austral |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/407 |