Changes in distribution patterns of 0-group bivalves in the Wadden Sea: Byssus-drifting releases juveniles from the constraints of hydrography

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-334

  Armonies, W ^a  

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

Author keywords

bivalves; byssus drifting; hydrography; resuspension; spatfall

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; ENSIS AMERICANUS; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYA ARENARIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; SOLENIDAE; TELLINIDAE;

BIVALVE JUVENILE; BYSSUS-DRIFTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; JUVENILES; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT;

BIVALVE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; REGISTRATION; SEA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES; SUMMER;

WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0030304838     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(96)90759-5     Document Type: Article

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