Distribution of cockles Cerastoderma edule in the Eastern Scheldt: Habitat mapping with abiotic variables

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 318, Issue , 2006, Pages 221-227

  Kater, B J ^a,b   Geurts Van Kessel, A J M ^b   Baars, J J M D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Eastern Scheldt; Habitat map

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CURRENT VELOCITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; OOSTERSCHELDE; WESTERN EUROPE; ZEELAND;

CERASTODERMA EDULE; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33748419257     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps318221     Document Type: Article

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