Growth and size-dependent loss of newly settled bivalves in two distant regions of the wadden sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 472, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-154

  Andresen, Henrike ^a   Dorresteijn, Ine ^a   Van Der Meer, Jaap ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Bivalvia; Early life history; Fluorescent dye; Individual marking; Post settlement mortality; Predator exclusion experiments; Soft bottom intertidal

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 84872698000     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10011     Document Type: Article

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