Prevalence, patterns, and effects of shell damage on Geukensia demissa in South Carolina estuarine habitats

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2149-2160

  Hillard, Rachel ^a   Walters, Keith ^a  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DAMAGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MARSH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SHELL; SURVIVORSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 70349880548     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1245-7     Document Type: Article

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