Effects of sediment source and flow regime on clam and sediment transport

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 296, Issue , 2005, Pages 143-153

  Hunt, Heather L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphipod tubes; Bivalves; Juvenile dispersal; Recruitment; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; FLOW VELOCITY; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPELISCA ABDITA; AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; GEMMA GEMMA; INVERTEBRATA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 23744473477     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps296143     Document Type: Article

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