Behavioural response of juvenile bivalves to terrestrial sediment deposits: Implications for post-disturbance recolonisation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 278, Issue , 2004, Pages 179-191

  Cummings, V J ^a   Thrush, S F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intertidal sandflats; Macomona liliana; New Zealand; Paphies australis; Post settlement juveniles; Recolonisation; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION; SEDIMENTATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

BIVALVIA; MACOMONA LILIANA; PAPHIES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 6044276955     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps278179     Document Type: Article

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