Effect of green macroalgal mats on burial depth of soft-shelled clams Mya arenaria

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 278, Issue , 2004, Pages 193-203

  Auffrey, Lise M ^a   Robinson, Shawn M C ^b   Barbeau, Myriam A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Behavior; Eutrophication; Filamentous green algae; Infauna

Indexed keywords

ALGAL MAT; BENTHIC INFAUNA; DEPTH; EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; ENTEROMORPHA; EUKARYOTA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA; MYIDAE; ULVA;

EID: 6044231106     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps278193     Document Type: Article

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