Experimental evidence of complex interactions between biotic and abiotic factors in the dynamics of an intertidal population of the bivalve Cerastoderma edule

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 449-463

  De Montaudouin, Xavier ^a   Bachelet, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERASTODERMA EDULE; BIVALVIA;

COMPETITION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

FRANCE, GIRONDE, ARCACHON BAY;

EID: 0029780339     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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