Variability in low tide populations of tuatua, Paphies donacina, in Pegasus Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 359-370

  Marsden, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Condition index; Paphies donacina; Pegasus Bay, Canterbury; Population structure; Tuatua

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

BIVALVIA; PAPHIES DONACINA;

EID: 0033796554     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2000.9516938     Document Type: Article

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