Long-term variability in secondary production of an intertidal bivalve population is primarily a matter of recruitment variability

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 159-169

  Van Der Meer, J ^a   Beukema, J J ^a   Dekker, R ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Macoma balthica; Population regulation; Recruitment limitation; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 0035076096     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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