Response of growth and density of a population of Geukensia demissa to land-derived nitrogen loading, in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-138

  Evgenidou, A ^a   Valiela, I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Cod; Growth rates; Loading; Massachusetts; Mussels; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; MOLLUSC; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DENSITY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

GADUS MORHUA; GEUKENSIA DEMISSA;

EID: 0036661922     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0891     Document Type: Article

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