Recruit/algal interaction prevents recovery of overexploited mussel beds: Indirect evidence that post-settlement mortality structures mussel populations

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-139

  Erlandsson, Johan ^a   McQuaid, Christopher D ^b   Stanczak, Sara ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algae; Alternative stable states; Artisanal harvesting; Community shift; Mussels; Ontogenetic migration; Over exploitation; Settlement; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPLOITATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; MACROALGA; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SUBSTRATE; TOPOGRAPHY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ALGAE; PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 79952071205     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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