Seasonal effects of clams (Panopea generosa) on eelgrass (Zostera marina) density but not recovery dynamics at an intertidal site

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 712-720

  Ruesink, Jennifer L ^a   Rowell, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Disturbance; Estuary; Littoral; Panopea abrupta; Seagrass meadow

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CLAM CULTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HARVESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SUCCESSION;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BIVALVIA; PANOPEA ABRUPTA; PANOPEA GENEROSA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84870707816     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2269     Document Type: Article

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