Recruitment patterns of Serpula vermicularis L. (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) in Loch Creran, Scotland

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 598-606

  Chapman, Nicola D ^a   Moore, Colin G ^a   Harries, Dan B ^a   Lyndon, Alastair R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biogenic reef; conservation; larval settlement; Loch Creran; Pomatoceros triqueter; recruitment; Scotland; Serpula vermicularis; substrate preferences; UK

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; POLYCHAETE; RECRUITMENT; REEF; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; LOCH CRERAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

POLYCHAETA; POMATOCEROS; POMATOCEROS TRIQUETER; SERPULA VERMICULARIS; SERPULIDAE;

EID: 34249028261     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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