Abundance, population structure and production of Scrobicularia plana and Abra tenuis (Bivalvia: Scrobicularidae) in a mediterranean brackish lagoon, Lake Ichkeul, Tunisia

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 376-391

  Casagranda, Caterina ^a,b   Boudouresque, Charles François ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abra tenuis; Mediterranean lagoon; Population structure; Scrobicularia plana; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRACKISH WATER; DEPOSIT FEEDER; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; BIZERTE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ICHKEUL LAKE; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA; WORLD;

ABRA TENUIS; BIVALVIA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 23944487689     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200410767     Document Type: Article

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