Patterns of mussel recruitment in southern Africa: A caution about using artificial substrata to approximate natural recruitment

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2177-2185

  Reaugh Flower, Kathleen E ^a   Branch, George M ^a   Harris, Jean M ^a,b   McQuaid, Christopher D ^c   Currie, Bronwen ^d   Dye, Arthur ^e   Robertson, Bruce ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d National Marine Information and Research Centre   (Namibia)

^e The Ecology Lab Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^f NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIVALVE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAMPLING; SESSILE SPECIES; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449248400     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1482-9     Document Type: Article

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