Persistence and space occupancy by subtidal blue mussel patches

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-87

  Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a   Chapman, Anthony R O ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asterias rubens; Baltic Sea; Body size; Community ecology; Mytilus edulis; Patch dynamics; Predator prey interactions; Recruitment; Sea star; Settlement; Substratum type

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS RUBENS; MYTILUS EDULIS; BIVALVIA;

BLUE MUSSEL; PATCH DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SUBTIDAL; SUBTIDAL ZONE; ZOOBENTHOS;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0031284510     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0065:PASOBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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