Post-settlement alteration of spatial patterns of soft shell clam (Mya arenaria) recruits

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-81

  Hunt, Heather L ^a,b   McLean, D Archie ^a,c   Mullineaux, Lauren S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MOLLUSC; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; RECRUITMENT;

BARNSTABLE HARBOR; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA; MYIDAE;

EID: 0037296166     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02691695     Document Type: Article

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