Morphological identification of primary settlers and post-larvae of three mussel species from the coast of South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-240

  Bownes, S ^a   Barker, N P ^a   McQuaid, C D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Choromytilus meridionalis; Larval shell morphology; Morphometrics; Mussel settlement; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Perna perna

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH;

BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; COEXISTENCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHOROMYTILUS MERIDIONALIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 55549118246     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2008.30.2.3.553     Document Type: Article

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