Migration of the bivalve Macoma balthica on a highly dynamic tidal flat in the Westerschelde estuary, The Netherlands

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 224, Issue , 2001, Pages 157-170

  Bouma, H ^a   De Vries, P P ^a   Duiker, J M C ^a   Herman, P M J ^a   Wolff, W J ^a  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active migration; Habitat selectivity; Passive deposition; Passive resuspension; Secondary settlement

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIDAL FLAT;

NETHERLANDS; WESTERSCHELDE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 0035915509     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps224157     Document Type: Article

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