Ecological trade-offs in seascape ecology: Bay scallop survival and growth across a seagrass seascape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1401-1413

  Carroll, John M ^a,b   Peterson, Bradley J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial seagrass unit; Bay scallops; Ecological trade off; Edge effects; Mortality to foraging ratio; Seagrass; Seascape ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PATCH SIZE; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS; BIVALVIA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 84880707738     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9893-x     Document Type: Article

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