Juvenile-adult distribution of the bivalve Mya arenaria on intertidal flats in the Wadden Sea: Why are there so few year classes?

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-55

  Strasser, M ^a   Walensky, M ^a   Reise, K ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mya arenaria; Patchiness; Population dynamics; Predation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002417236     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012137     Document Type: Article

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