Relationships between reproduction in suspension-feeding hard clams mercearia mercenaria and phytoplankton community structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 387, Issue , 2009, Pages 179-196

  Newell, Roger I E ^a   Tettelbach, Stephen T ^b   Gobler, Christopher J ^c   Kimmel, David G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anophagefferens; Aureococcus; Brown tide; Composition; Hard clam; Mercenaria; Phytoplankton; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EGG PRODUCTION; FILTER FEEDING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

GREAT SOUTH BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AUREOCOCCUS; AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS; BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 68649103476     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08083     Document Type: Article

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