Predators influence the tidal distribution of oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1557-1564

  Johnson, Keith D ^a   Smee, Delbert L ^b  

^a STEVENSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; OYSTER CULTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CORPUS CHRISTI; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS MARINUS;

EID: 84903300956     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2440-8     Document Type: Article

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