Negative effects of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) presence in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds in Flensborg fjord, Denmark

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-103

  Vinther, Hanne Fogh ^a   Laursen, Jens Sund ^b   Holmer, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Section for Nature Conservation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; epiphytes; Flensborg fjord; interaction; Mytilus edulis; sea grass; sulphate reduction; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; EPIPHYTE; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEAGRASS; SULFIDE; TOXICITY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLENSBORG FJORD; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

MYTILUS EDULIS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 39649106632     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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