Habitat related growth and reproductive investment in estuarine waters, illustrated for the tellinid bivalve Macoma balthica (L.) in the western Dutch Wadden Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1271-1282

  Cardoso, Joana F M F ^a   Witte, Johannes I J ^a   Van Der Veer, Henk W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 35348842624     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0774-1     Document Type: Article

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