Subtidal populations of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis as key determinants of waterfowl flocks in the southeastern Barents Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1357-1363

  Sukhotin, A A ^a,b   Krasnov, Yu V ^c   Galaktionov, K V ^a  

^a Zoological Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Benthos; Marine ducks; Mussel distribution; Mussel population; Mytilus edulis

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MOLT; ORNITHOLOGY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; DOLGIY ISLAND; EURASIA; NENETS; PECHORA SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 53249147677     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0474-4     Document Type: Article

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