Small-scale mussel settlement patterns within morphologically distinct substrata at Ninety Mile Beach, northern New Zealand

Malacologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Alfaro, Andrea C ^a   Jeffs, Andrew G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drift algae; Micro habitat selection; Mussels; Size frequency distribution; Small scale settlement patterns

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; HYDROIDA; PERNA; PERNA CANALICULUS;

EID: 0036115457     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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