Differential reproductive investment, attachment strength and mortality of invasive and indigenous mussels across heterogeneous environments

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2165-2177

  Nicastro, K R ^a,b   Zardi, G I ^a,b   McQuaid, C D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Habitat variability; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Perna perna

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAMETE; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; SURVIVAL; WAVE ACTION;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 77953958853     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9619-9     Document Type: Article

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