Attachment and settlement of post-larval mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) In the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 239-250

  Pulfrich, Andrea ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mytilus; post larvae; settlement; spat collectors; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS EDULIS; BIVALVIA;

ATTACHMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MUSSEL; SETTLEMENT; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCES;

WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0030303426     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90793-5     Document Type: Article

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