Effects of current speed, shell length and type of sediment on the erosion and transport of juvenile softshell clams (Mya arenaria)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-26

  St Onge, Philippe ^a   Miron, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erosion; Mya arenaria; Recruitment; Sediment; Shell length; Softshell clams; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; ERODIBILITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; MOLLUSC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHELL; TIDAL CURRENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 34547575557     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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