What an introduced species can tell us about the spatial extension of benthic populations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 209, Issue , 2001, Pages 289-294

  Armonies, W ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos; North Sea; Population dynamics; Population structure; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVAL TRANSPORT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH SEA;

ENSIS AMERICANUS; ENSIS DIRECTUS;

EID: 0035808344     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps209289     Document Type: Article

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