Salinity and sediment-mediated byssal thread production by Mytilus edulis Linnaeus and Geukensia demissa Dillwyn from New Jersey salt marshes

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 375-384

  Pelc, Michele ^a   Alexander, Richard R ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Byssus; Geukensia demissa; Mytilus edulis; Salinity; Substrata

Indexed keywords

SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SUBSTRATE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0033368092     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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