Population structure of Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in a sub-Arctic fjord, SW Greenland

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 487, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-100

  Blicher, Martin E ^a   Sejr, Mikael K ^b   Høgslund, Signe ^b  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Climate; Environmental drivers; Epifauna; Growth; Ice scouring; Mortality; Predator regulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMASS; EPIFAUNA; FJORD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; SEA ICE; SHELL; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 84881065998     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10317     Document Type: Article

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