Overlap in the feeding morphology of bivalves from species-rich and species-poor intertidal flats using gill:palp ratios for comparative analyses of mollusc assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 348, Issue , 2007, Pages 213-220

  Compton, Tanya J ^a,b,c   Drent, Jan ^a   Kentie, Rosemarie ^a,b   Pearson, Grant B ^c   Van Der Meer, Jaap ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Community structure; Ctenidia; Diversity; Functional trait; Labial palps; Morphology; Morphospace

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COEXISTENCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH SEA; ROEBUCK BAY; WADDEN SEA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 36549045483     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07067     Document Type: Article

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