Larval recruitment of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis: The effect of flow and algae

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 355, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Dobretsov, Sergey ^a,b   Wahl, Martin ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Chemical inducers; Larval recruitment; Mytilus edulis; Redistribution; Shear velocity; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FLOW VELOCITY; GREEN ALGA; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA RUPESTRIS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 39149123466     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.018     Document Type: Article

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