Invasion of sandflats in Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa, by the alien mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: Size, composition and decline of the populations

African Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-208

  Hanekom, N ^a   Nel, P ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b West Coast National Park   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Mortality; Population sizes; Sedimentation; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL LAGOON; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; POPULATION SIZE;

LANGEBAAN LAGOON; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AULACOMYA ATER; BIVALVIA; CHOROMYTILUS; CHOROMYTILUS MERIDIONALIS; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0036818946     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2002.11657175     Document Type: Article

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