Hydrodynamic behaviour of hippuritid rudist shells: Ecological consequences

Geobios

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 137-145

  Gili, Eulàlia ^a   LaBarbera, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Hippuritid rudists; Hydrodynamics; Model bivalves; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000851199     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(98)80072-7     Document Type: Article

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