Limited wind-driven dispersal of intertidal mussel larvae: In situ evidence from the plankton and the spread of the invasive species Mytilus galloprovincialis in South Africa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 201, Issue , 2000, Pages 211-220

  McQuaid, C D ^a   Phillips, T E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intertidal; Invasive species; Larval dispersal; Mussels; Mytilus; Perna

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; PERNA PERNA; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER DEPTH; WATER FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MOLLUSC; WIND FORCING; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 0034625840     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps201211     Document Type: Article

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