Settlement, first-year growth, and mortality of surfclams, Spisula solidissima

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 669-684

  Weissberger, E J ^a,b   Grassle, J P ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Growth; Predation; Recruitment; Spisula solidissima; Surfclam

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; PREDATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW JERSEY; NEW JERSEY SHELF; UNITED STATES;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS FORBESI; ASTERIAS FORBESII; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; CANCER IRRORATUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUSPIRA HEROS; GASTROPODA; HEROS; INVERTEBRATA; NEVERITA; NEVERITA DUPLICATA; PAGURUS; PAGURUS LONGICARPUS; SPISULA; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 0037985232     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00218-4     Document Type: Article

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