Blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, at the edge of the range: Population structure, growth and biomass alonga salinity gradient in the north-eastern Baltic Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 991-999

  Westerbom, Mats ^a,c   Kilpi, M ^b,c   Mustonen, O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH; MOLLUSC; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY;

BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0036936784     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0765-6     Document Type: Article

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