Differing effects of eelgrass Zostera marina on recruitment and growth of associated blue mussels Mytilus edulis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 1998, Pages 149-153

  Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biotic interaction; Growth; Habitat structure; Mytilus edulis; Patchiness; Recruitment; Spatial scale; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MUSSEL; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS;

BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032543685     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps167149     Document Type: Article

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