Suitability of calcein as an in situ growth marker in burrowing bivalves

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 399, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  van der Geest, Matthijs ^a   van Gils, Jan A ^a   van der Meer, Jaap ^a,b   Olff, Han ^c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily growth rate; In situ fluorescent marking; Intertidal mudflat; Lucinidae; Mark and recapture; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BODY CONDITION; BURROWING; CALCIFICATION; DYE; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MUDFLAT; SEAGRASS;

BIVALVIA; LORIPES LACTEUS; LUCINIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79952482076     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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