Effects of winter water temperature on mass loss in Baltic blue mussels: Implications for foraging sea ducks

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-30

  Waldeck, P ^a   Larsson, K ^a,b  

^a GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Blue mussel; Body mass; Clangula hyemalis; Somateria mollissima; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; DOMINANCE; DRY MATTER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANAS; AVES; BIVALVIA; CLANGULA HYEMALIS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 84876393619     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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