Habitat selection and adult-larvae interactions in settling larvae of soft-shell clam Mya arenaria

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 149-159

  Snelgrove, P V R ^a   Grant, J ^b   Pilditch, C A ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clam; Flume; Intertidal; Larvae; Mya arenaria; Polydora cornuta Gemma gemma; Pygospio elegans; Settlement

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MOLLUSC;

CANADA; HALIFAX; NOVA SCOTIA;

BIVALVIA; GEMMA GEMMA; HYDROBIA; MYA ARENARIA; POLYDORA CORNUTA; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS;

EID: 0033546436     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182149     Document Type: Article

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