… Acorn barnacles were assumed to have a selfathinning exponent close to ²3/2 widely … an
intertidal barnacle, we investigated the biomass²density relationship along an intertidal gradient …

… a self-thinning slope steeper than –3/2. Our results suggested that self-thinning exponent in
barnacles … causing this deviation from the “self-thinning law”. As one progresses higher in the …

… The general pattern of growth is consistent with self-thinning; … growth rate polymorphism
in an often space-limited species. … The predictions from the plant system hold up in the cases …

… mussels (Mytilidae) and barnacles (Balanidae) typically occur … coexistence and diversity
in space-limited communities. … that the analysis of selfthinning relationships in Mytilus edulis …

… - characterized as being highly space limited (H6lldoally determined … This self-thinning
process is similar in many regards to that … and other factors on the distribution of the barnacle …

… of barnacle density were carried out in |$5\,{\rm{cm}} \times 5\,{\rm{cm}}\,(25\,{\rm{c}}{{\rm{m}}^{\rm{2}}})$|
quadrats in the upper intertidal … On subsequent sampling occasions, barnacle …

… scales all systems become closed eventually, systems that … of settlers and their density
(‘self-thinning rule’; Steen & Scrosati … causes of variation on rocky intertidal community structure. J …

… rocky shores along the SE Brazilian coast to examine spatial variability in body size and
density of an intertidal barnacle (… The coast of South-east Brazil is a complex system comprising …

… of rocky shore organisms with two-phase life cycle. The models thus generated couple
processes occurring at different habitats (ie planktonic and benthic) with dissimilar time scales (…