Differences in reproduction and condition of Macoma balthica and Mytilus trossulus in the Gulf of Gdańsk (Southern Baltic Sea) under anthropogenic influences

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 17-32

  Pierścieniak, Karolina ^a   Grzymała, Justyna ^a   Wołowicz, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

condition; Gulf of Gda sk; Macoma balthica; Mytilus trossulus; spawning behavior

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; CONDITION FACTOR; DEEP WATER; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GAMETOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; SPAWNING; SUBPOPULATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 78651079297     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-010-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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