Scale-dependent patterns and processes of intertidal mussel recruitment around southern Africa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 101-119

  Reaugh Flower, Kathleen ^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 Ministry of Fisheries   (Namibia)

^e The Ecology Lab Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^f NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aulacomya ater; Large scale coastal processes; Mytilid mussel settlement; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Perna perna; Semimytilus algosus; Supply side ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA;

AULACOMYA ATER; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA PERNA; SEMIMYTILUS ALGOSUS;

EID: 79961071475     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09169     Document Type: Article

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