Hydroid colonies as primary substrata for recruits of the mussel Mytilus edulis platensis front off Mar Del Plata, Argentina

Ophelia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-61

  Genzano, G N ^a,b   Excoffon, A C ^b   Acuna F H ^a,b   Zamponi, M O ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hydropolyps; Mytilus edulis platensis; Plantigrades; Substrata

Indexed keywords

EPIBIONT; GROWTH RATE; HOST SELECTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; AMPHISBETIA; AMPHISBETIA OPERCULATA; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; ECHINOIDEA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PLUMULARIA; PLUMULARIA SETACEA;

EID: 0042413943     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2003.10409505     Document Type: Article

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