Species and epilimnion/hypolimnion-related differences in size at larval settlement and metamorphosis in Dreissena (Bivalvia)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 707-713

  Martel, André L ^a,b   Baldwin, Brad S ^c   Dermott, Ronald M ^d   Lutz, Richard A ^e  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLLUSC; SHELL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE ERIE); NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0035025909     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.3.0707     Document Type: Article

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