T. A. Stephenson, Anne Stephenson, Life Between Tide-Marks in North America: IIIA. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island: Description of the Region, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Jan., 1954), pp. 14-45
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