Deep-burying reduces growth in intertidal bivalves: Field and mesocosm experiments with Macoma balthica

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-337

  De Goeij, Petra ^a   Luttikhuizen, Pieternella ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Burying depth; Growth; Macoma balthica; Predator avoidance; Trade off; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; DEPTH; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; GROWTH; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; STARVATION; WESTERN EUROPE; WINTER;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0032531721     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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