Mechanisms of habitat segregation between an invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and an indigenous (Perna perna) mussel: Adult growth and mortality

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1799-1810

  Bownes, Sarah J ^a   McQuaid, Christopher D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIVALVE; COEXISTENCE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

PLETTENBERG BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; TSITSIKAMMA; WESTERN CAPE;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 77954533870     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1452-2     Document Type: Article

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