Macrobenthos recruitment success in a tidal flat: Feeding trait dependent effects of disturbance history

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 385, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Van Colen, C ^a   Montserrat, F ^b,c   Vincx, M ^a   Herman, P M J ^b   Ysebaert, T ^b,d   Degraer, S ^a,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Demographic response; Disturbance; Interference; Macoma balthica; Nereis diversicolor

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RATE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MACROBENTHOS; MICROALGA; POLYCHAETE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TIDAL FLAT;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; MACOMA BALTHICA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77349093002     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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