Potential for between-mudflat movement and metapopulation dynamics in an intertidal burrowing amphipod

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 449, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-209

  Drolet, David ^a   Bringloe, Trevor T ^b   Coffin, Michael R S ^b   Barbeau, Myriam A ^b   Hamilton, Diana J ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corophium volutator; Corridor; Dispersal; Marine metapopulation; Selective tidal stream transport; Soft sediment

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; DISPERSAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; METAPOPULATION; MUDFLAT; POPULATION MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TIDAL CYCLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR;

EID: 84858114941     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09495     Document Type: Article

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