A spatial gradient in the potential reproductive output of the sea mussel Mytilus californianus

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1543-1550

  Phillips, Nicole E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; POINT CONCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 34247601982     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0592-x     Document Type: Article

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