Indicators of short-term growth in bivalves: Detecting environmental change across ecological scales

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-48

  Norkko, J ^a,b   Thrush, S F ^a   Wells, R M G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Hypoxia; Impact assessment; Nucleic acid ratios; RNA content; Season; Sedimentation; Variability

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT; HYPOXIA; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTROVENUS STUCHBURII; BIVALVIA; PAPHIES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33746873737     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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