Resuspension of postlarval soft-shell clams Mya arenaria through disturbance by the mud snail Ilyanassa obsoleta

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 1999, Pages 223-232

  Dunn, Robert ^a,b   Mullineaux, Lauren S ^a   Mills, Susan W ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary shear stress; Caging experiments; Disturbance; Ilyanassa obsoleta; Mya arenaria; Postlarval transport; Soft shell clam

Indexed keywords

LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RESUSPENSION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 0033519409     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps180223     Document Type: Article

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