The density and spatial arrangement of the invasive oyster Crassostrea gigas determines its impact on settlement of native oyster larvae

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4851-4860

  Wilkie, Emma M ^a   Bishop, Melanie J ^a   O'Connor, Wayne A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Density; Filtration; Spatial arrangement; Surface area.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889673160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.872     Document Type: Article

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