Spatial variation in the intertidal bivalve Macoma balthica: Biotic variables in relation to density and abiotic factors

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 234, Issue , 2002, Pages 159-170

  Azouzi, Lamia ^a   Bourget, Edwin ^a   Borcard, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass; Density dependence; Macoma balthica; Reproductive effort; Sediment; Shell; Shore level; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SHELL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; SIANT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0037014025     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps234159     Document Type: Article

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