Settlement and recruitment patterns of the soft-Shell clam, Mya arenaria, on the Northern Shore of the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 758-772

  Bowen, Jenna E ^a   Hunt, Heather L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early postsettlement processes; Settlement; Soft shell clam; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

BIVALVIA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 67349163641     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9151-2     Document Type: Article

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