Conditional Responses of Benthic Communities to Interference from an Intertidal Bivalve

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Van Colen, Carl ^a   Thrush, Simon F ^b,c   Vincx, Magda ^a   Ysebaert, Tom ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; CERASTODERMA EDULE; COCKLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRESS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84879189607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065861     Document Type: Article

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