Large spatial variability in lifetime egg production in an intertidal Baltic tellin (Macoma balthica) population

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 274-278

  Van Der Meer, Jaap ^a   Beukema, Jan J ^a   Dekker, Rob ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lifetime reproductive success; Macoma balthica; Sink source populations; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 0842314244     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-002-0128-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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