Salinity-related growth rates in populations of the European clam Macoma balthica and in field transplant experiments along the Baltic Sea salinity gradient

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-166

  Jansena, Jeroen M ^a   Koutstaalb, Arianne ^b   Bongac, Sjoerd Wendelaar ^c   Hummelb, Herman ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Condition; Diversity; Geographic range; Macoma balthica; Macrophysiology; Salinity tolerance; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIVALVE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HOME RANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 70449379504     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240902904348     Document Type: Article

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