Reproductive output of Macoma balthica populations in relation to winter-temperature and intertidal-height mediated changes of body mass

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 155-162

  Honkoop, P J C ^a   Van Der Meer, J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Body mass; Egg number; Egg size; Macoma balthica; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

MACOMA BALTHICA; BIVALVIA;

BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FILTER FEEDERS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT;

WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0030619203     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149155     Document Type: Article

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