Temporal scaling and relevance of bivalve nutrient excretion on a tidal flat of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 198, Issue , 2000, Pages 139-155

  Magni, Paolo ^a   Montani, Shigeru ^a   Takada, Chika ^a   Tsutsumi, Hiroaki ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benthic nutrient regeneration; Bivalve excretion; Diffusive flux; Musculista senhousia; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Ruditapes philippinarum; Scale; Seto Inland Sea; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

EXCRETION; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT;

JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA;

BIVALVIA; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 0034608548     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps198139     Document Type: Article

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