Experimentally induced effects of water temperature and immersion time on reproductive output of bivalves in the Wadden Sea

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-246

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

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Immersion time; Macoma balthica; Mytilus edulis; Reproductive output; Temperature

Indexed keywords

IMMERSION TIME; INTERTIDAL ZONE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0032007041     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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