Effects of sewage effluent on the population structure of Brachidontes rostratus (Mytilidae) on a temperate intertidal rocky shore

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 543-551

  Hindell, Jeremy S ^a,b   Quinn, G P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Queenscliff Marine Station   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Mortality; Recruitment; Somatic growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SEWAGE;

AUSTRALIA;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIDONTES ROSTRATUS;

EID: 0033928785     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF99130     Document Type: Article

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