The dispersal and colonisation behaviour of the marine polychaete Nereis diversicolor (O. F. Müller) in south-east England

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 672, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-14

  Aberson, M J R ^a   Bolam, S G ^b   Hughes, R G ^c  

^a Jacobs UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Dispersal; Larvae; Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUDFLAT; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SWIMMING;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 80955177560     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0752-y     Document Type: Article

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