The intertidal zoning of cockles (Cerastoderma edule) in the Wadden Sea, or why cockle fishery disturbed areas of relatively high biodiversity

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Beukema, Jan Jacobus ^a   Dekker, R ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cockle dredging; Site selection; Tidal flats; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; DREDGING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

CERASTODERMA EDULE;

EID: 70350261817     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0157-8     Document Type: Article

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