Relationships between the bivalves Mytilus edulis L. and Cerastoderma edule (L.) in a soft bottom environment: An example of interaction at small spatial scale

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 179-194

  Ramón, Montserrat ^a,b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Growth; Mytilus edulis; Species interaction; Suspension feeding bivalves; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; GROWTH; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SPECIES;

CERASTODERMA EDULE; MYTILUS EDULIS; BIVALVIA;

COCKLE; FILTER FEEDERS; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MUSSEL; SMALL-SCALE INTERACTION;

WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0030601501     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)02586-5     Document Type: Article

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