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An Energy budget for a population of the limpet Patella vulgata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. R. Wright  and
R. G. Hartnoll
J. R. Wright
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, University of Liverpool, Port Erin, Isle of Man
R. G. Hartnoll
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, University of Liverpool, Port Erin, Isle of Man
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An energy budget has been assembled for a population of the limpet Patella vulgata inhabiting the mid-tide level of a moderately sheltered shore in the Isle of Man. The average biomass during the two year study was 346 kJ m−2, and the energy budget in kJ m−2 year−1:

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , August 1981 , pp. 627 - 646
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1981

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