Settlement success, spatial pattern and behavior of mussel larvae Mytilus spp. in experimental 'downwelling' systems of varying velocity and turbulence

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 260, Issue , 2003, Pages 125-140

  Pernet, Fabrice ^a,d   Tremblay, Réjean ^b   Bourget, Edwin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Soc Devmt de l'Industrie Maricole   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Distribution; Hydrodynamic; Larvae; Mussel; Settlement

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER FLOW;

BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS;

EID: 0242339401     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps260125     Document Type: Article

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