Can postlarval bivalves select sediment type during settlement? A field test with Macoma balthica (L.) and Cerastoderma edule (L.)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-293

  Huxham, Mark ^a   Richards, Michael ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Macoma balthica; Relocation; Sediment choice; Settlement

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISPERSION; HABITAT SELECTION; MOLLUSC; MOVEMENT; MUDFLAT; RECRUITMENT; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CARDIIDAE; CERASTODERMA EDULE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA; PORTUNIDAE; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 0037426314     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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