Temporal scales of variation in settlement and recruitment of the mussel Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 332, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-187

  Porri, Francesca ^a   McQuaid, Christopher D ^a   Radloff, Sarah ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mussels; Perna perna; Recruitment; Settlement; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PERNA PERNA;

EID: 33646152554     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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