Spatial structure of recruitment in the mussel Perna perna at local scales: Effects of adults, algae and recruit size

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 267, Issue , 2004, Pages 173-185

  Erlandsson, Johan ^a   McQuaid, Christopher D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Intertidal mussel distribution; Multi scaling patchiness; Recruitment heterogeneity; South Africa; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; MOLLUSC; RECRUITMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; GELIDIUM; GELIDIUM PRISTOIDES; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; PERNA PERNA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 1542684842     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps267173     Document Type: Article

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