Tidal height, rather than habitat selection for conspecifics, controls settlement in mussels

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 631-637

  Porri, Francesca ^a   Zardi, Gerardo I ^a   McQuaid, Christopher D ^a   Radloff, Sarah ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COEXISTENCE; CONSPECIFIC; DOMINANCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 34548046996     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0716-y     Document Type: Article

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