Ontogenic habitat shifts of the Iceland scallop, Chlamys islandica (Müller, 1776), in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 884-895

  Arsenault, David J ^a   Himmelman, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; HABITAT SHIFT; HABITAT SHIFTS; ICELAND SCALLOP; ONTOGENY; PREDATION;

CANADA, GULF OF ST LAWRENCE, MINGAN ISLANDS; GULF OF ST LAWRENCE, MINGAN ISLANDS;

BIVALVIA; CHLAMYS ISLANDICA;

EID: 0029839297     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-234     Document Type: Article

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