Burrowing behaviour and dispersion of cockles Cerastoderma edule L. following simulated fishing disturbance

Fisheries Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-72

  Coffen Smout, S S ^a   Rees, E I S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Displacement; Fishing impacts; Reburrowing; Recolonisation

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; DISPERSION;

CERASTODERMA EDULE;

EID: 0033046801     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00214-8     Document Type: Article

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