Variation in environmental conditions in a subtidal prey refuge: Effects of salinity stress, food availability and predation on mussels in a fjord system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 422, Issue , 2011, Pages 201-210

  Wing, Stephen R ^a   Leichter, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiordland; Food web; Mussels; Predation; Prey refuge; Salinity stress; Subtidal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; FJORD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD WEB; NITRATE; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL;

DOUBTFUL SOUND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 79551718821     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08911     Document Type: Article

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