Effect of the spionid polychaete Boccardia syrtis on the distribution and survival of juvenile Macomona liliana (Bivalvia: Tellinacea)

Marine Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Cummings, V J ^a   Pridmore, R D ^a   Thrush, S F ^a   Hewitt, J E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; BOCCARDIA; BOCCARDIA SYRTIS; ILEX COOKII; MACOMONA; MACOMONA LILIANA; PHYMATA; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDAE; TELLINIDAE; TELLINOIDEA;

BIVALVE JUVENILE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT; SETTLEMENT; SURVIVAL;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, MANUKAU HARBOUR;

EID: 0029660328     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00571380     Document Type: Article

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