Colonization of an artificial hard substrate by Mytilus edulis in the German Bight

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 350-360

  Joschko, Tanja J ^a   Buck, Bela H ^a,b   Gutow, Lars ^a   Schröder, Alexander ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial hard substrates; Biomass; Mytilus edulis; North Sea; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WATER DEPTH; WIND FARM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 53149140637     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000801947043     Document Type: Article

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