Spatial distribution patterns of the peppery furrow shell Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778) along the European coast: A review

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-247

  Santos, Sílvia ^a   Luttikhuizen, Pieternella C ^a   Campos, Joana ^b   Heip, Carlo H R ^a   van der Veer, Henk W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Life cycle; Patchiness; Scrobicularia plana; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PATCHINESS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 80052841207     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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