Roach (Rutilus rutilus) as an important predator on blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) populations in a brackish water environment, the northern Baltic Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-330

  Lappalainen, A ^a   Westerbom, M ^b   Heikinheimo, O ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BRACKISH WATER; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20944432594     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-1598-5     Document Type: Article

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