Further refutation of the primary-secondary settlement hypothesis for the brown mussel Perna perna

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 545-549

  Reaugh, K E ^a   Harris, J M ^a,b   Branch, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Perna perna; Primary secondary settlement hypothesis; Recruitment; Rocky intertidal; Turf algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALGA; BIVALVE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; JUVENILE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZULULAND;

ALGAE; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 39749183734     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.3.20.350     Document Type: Article

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