Effect of lowered salinity on the survival, condition and reburial of Soletellina alba (Lamarck, 1818) (Bivalvia: Psammobiidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-257

  Matthews, Ty G ^a   Fairweather, Peter G ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bivalve burrowing; Estuarine infauna; Intermittent estuary; Mass mortality; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; MASS MORTALITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL;

BIVALVIA; PSAMMOBIIDAE;

EID: 3142567035     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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