Experimental effects of immersion time and water temperature on body condition, burying depth and timing of spawning of the tellinid bivalve Macoma balthica

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-26

  de Goeij, Petra ^a   Honkoop, Pieter J C ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feeding; Gametogenesis; Risk taking; Timing of reproduction; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BURROWING; GAMETOGENESIS; MOLLUSC; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 0037367448     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-002-0118-y     Document Type: Article

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