Contrasting patterns of mussel abundance at neighbouring sites: Does recruitment limitation explain the absence of mussels on Cook Strait (New Zealand) shores?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-298

  Helson, Jeremy G ^a   Gardner, Jonathan P A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aulacomya maoriana; Cook Strait; Larvae; Mussel; Mytilus galloprovincialis; New Zealand; Perna canaliculus; Plankton; Recruitment; Settlement; Wellington Harbour

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIVALVE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; COOK STRAIT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND]; WELLINGTON HARBOUR; WORLD;

AULACOMYA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA CANALICULUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 7044235266     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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