The influence of plankton composition and water quality on hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria L.) populations across Long Island's south shore lagoon estuaries (New York, USA)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-25

  Weiss, Michelle B ^a   Curran, Patrick B ^a   Peterson, Bradley J ^a   Gobler, Christopher J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great South Bay; Hard clam; Lagoon estuaries; Mercenaria mercenaria; Phytoplankton; Shellfish growth; Shinnecock Bay

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONDITION FACTOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH RATE; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

FIRE ISLAND; GREAT SOUTH BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SHINNECOCK BAY; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 34047093209     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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