Bipolar patterns of intraspecific competition in bryozoans

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Barnes, David K.A., Kuklinski, Piotr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2005
• Subjects: Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Arctic; Kongsfjord; Signy Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Kongsfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1623/

Polar shores probably represent the most dynamic and extremely disturbed environments on the globe. Nevertheless intense battles amongst sessile organisms for space are commonplace on hard substrata, mainly between fast-growing pioneer species. In this study we examined spatial interactions in encru...