Population dynamics and secondary production of the cockle Cerastoderma edule (L.) in a backbarrier tidal flat of the Wadden Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-443

  Ramón, Montserrat ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cerastoderma edule; Cockle; Growth; Mortality; Production; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA; SPIEKEROOG; WADDEN SEA [NORTH SEA];

BIVALVIA; CARDIIDAE; CERASTODERMA; CERASTODERMA EDULE;

EID: 1642440315     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67n4429     Document Type: Article

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