Mesoscale variation in reproduction, recruitment and population structure of intertidal mussels with low larval input: A bay/open coast comparison

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 327, Issue , 2006, Pages 193-206

  McQuaid, C D ^a   Phillips, T E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intertidal communities; Larval dispersal; Metapopulation; Mussels; Perna perna; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Spawning

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING POPULATION;

AFRICA; ALGOA BAY; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

INVERTEBRATA; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 33846437455     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps327193     Document Type: Article

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