Spatial variation in the abundance and condition of the bivalve Nuttallia olivacea in relation to environmental factors and sublethal predation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 406, Issue , 2010, Pages 185-196

  Tomiyama, Takeshi ^a,b   Komizunai, Nobuhiro ^a   Ito, Kinuko ^a   Omori, Michio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Body condition; Flatfish; Generalized linear models; Intertidal flat; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLATFISH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; NATORI ESTUARY; TOHOKU;

BIVALVIA; NUTTALLIA OLIVACEA; PLATICHTHYS BICOLORATUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; TELLINOIDEA;

EID: 77954110105     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08530     Document Type: Article

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