The difference between a rock and a biological hard place: epibionts in the rocky intertidal

Published in Marine Biology, 2017

Recommended citation: McGowan, KL, Iyengar EV. (2017) The difference between a rock and a biological hard place: epibionts in the rocky intertidal. Marine Biology 164(109). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3131-z

We compared the species composition and prevalence of the epibiotic community on different species of molluscan shells to those on neighboring rock at three sites and two tidal heights per site on San Juan Island, Washington, USA.