Moderate acidification affects growth but not survival of 6-month-old oysters

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-127

  Amaral, Valter ^a,b   Cabral, Henrique N ^a   Bishop, Melanie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidification; pH; Sulfuric acid; Sydney rock oysters; Waterlogged soils

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACID SULFATE SOIL; ACIDIFICATION; BIVALVE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; WATERLOGGING;

AUSTRALIA;

OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA GLOMERATA;

EID: 84856375687     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-011-9385-5     Document Type: Article

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