Coastline topography affects the distribution of indigenous and invasive mussels

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-145

  Von Der Meden, Charles E O ^a   Porri, Francesca ^a   Erlandsson, Johan ^b,c   McQuaid, Christopher D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bay effect; Coastal morphology; Intertidal zone; Invasive species; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Perna perna; Retention; Topography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNCHRONY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 58249114373     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07731     Document Type: Article

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