The response of sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) veligers to a weak thermocline in 9-m deep mesocosms

Marine Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-175

  Manuel, J L ^a,c   Pearce, C M ^b   Manning, D A ^a   O'Dor, R K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MESOCOSM; MOLLUSC; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIVALVIA; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 0033857502     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270000328     Document Type: Article

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