Mya arenaria - an ancient invader of the North Sea coast

Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 309-324

  Strasser, Matthias ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY;

NORTH SEA;

BIVALVIA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 0032298635     PISSN: 01743597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02908905     Document Type: Article

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