Spatial and temporal changes in abundance of the infaunal bivalve Soletellina alba (Lamarck, 1818) during a time of drought in the seasonally-closed Hopkins River Estuary, Victoria, Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 13-20

  Matthews, Ty G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bivalve; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Intermittent estuary; Mollusc; Soft sediments; Soletellina alba

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; DROUGHT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HOPKINS ESTUARY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SOLETELLINA ALBA;

EID: 28844483431     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.07.019     Document Type: Article

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