Effects of wave exposure on the sublittoral distribution of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in a heterogeneous archipelago

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 306, Issue , 2006, Pages 191-200

  Westerbom, Mats ^a,b,c   Jattu, Sofia ^b,c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Depth distribution; Physical stress; Predation; Recruitment; Rocky shore; Sedimentation; Wave exposure index

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MOLLUSC; ROCKY SHORE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE ACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 32644433062     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps306191     Document Type: Article

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