Ecological Dominance Along Rocky Shores, with a Focus on Intertidal Ascidians

1Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom 2Molecular Zoology Laboratory, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa 3Laboratorio de Ecología y Conducta de la Ontogenia Temprana (LECOT), Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Coquimbo, Avenida Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile 4Department of Botany, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand 5Coastal Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 6Centro de Conservación Marina, Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas (ECIM), Núcleo de Conservación Marina. Iniciativa Científica Milenio. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile *Corresponding author: Marc Rius e-mail: M.Rius@soton.ac.uk

• Publication year

  2017

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  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2017-11-20

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1201/B21944-4
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