Spatial and temporal variations in the population structure of the soft- shell clam Mya arenaria in the Pomeranian Bay (southern Baltic sea)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-344

  Kube, Jan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; mortality; Mya arenaria; oxygen depletion; population structure; predation

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; BIVALVIA; MYA ARENARIA;

CLAM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIAL/TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBLITTORAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BALTIC SEA; BIVALVE; CLAM; DENSITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BALTIC SEA, POMERANIAN BAY;

EID: 0030304840     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(96)90760-1     Document Type: Article

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