Site- and species-specific distribution patterns of molluscs at five intertidal soft-sediment areas in northwest Europe during a single winter

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 577-594

  Bocher, Pierrick ^a,b   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Dekinga, Anne ^b   Kraan, Casper ^b   Yates, Michael G ^d   Guyot, Thierry ^a   Folmer, Eelke O ^c   Radenac, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; WINTER;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASSE-NORMANDIE; BRETAGNE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MANCHE; MONT-SAINT-MICHEL BAY; NORTH SEA; THE WASH; UNITED KINGDOM; WADDEN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ABRA TENUIS; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 33947521831     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0500-4     Document Type: Article

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