Effects of the mussel Mytilus edulis L. on the invertebrate fauna of sediments

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-43

  Ragnarsson, Stefán Áki ^a   Raffaelli, David ^b  

^a MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Disturbance; Epibenthic crustaceans; Mytilus edulis

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FAUNA; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOLLUSC;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT;

BIVALVIA; GAMMARUS; JAERA ALBIFRONS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0033517151     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00063-5     Document Type: Article

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