Growth variations in the bivalve Mya truncata: A tool to trace changes in the Frisian Front macrofauna (southern North Sea)?

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-138

  Amaro, Teresa ^a   Duineveld, Gerard ^a   Bergman, Magda ^a   Witbaard, Rob ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Growth; North Sea benthos

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; GROWTH RATE; MOLLUSC; ZOOBENTHOS;

NORTH SEA;

AMPHIURA; AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; BIVALVIA; CHONDROPHORA; MOLLUSCA; MYA; MYA TRUNCATA; MYIDAE; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 0041573464     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-003-0150-6     Document Type: Article

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