Seston dynamics and food availability on mussel and cockle beds

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-259

  Smaal, A C ^a   Haas, H A ^a  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Erosion; Food composition; Seston; Tidal cycle; Vertical gradients; Wind

Indexed keywords

COCKLE BED; FILTER FEEDERS; FILTER FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MUSSEL BED; SESTON; ZOOBENTHOS;

NETHERLANDS; OOSTERSCHELDE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 0031214701     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0176     Document Type: Article

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