The bivalve loop: Intra-specific facilitation in burrowing cockles through habitat modification

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 461, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-52

  Donadi, Serena ^a,c   van der Zee, Els M ^a,b   van der Heide, Tjisse ^a   Weerman, Ellen J ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   van de Koppel, Johan ^a,b   Olff, Han ^a   Bartelds, Marc ^a   van Gerwen, Imke ^a   Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arenicola marina; Cerastoderma edule; Ecosystem engineer; Facilitation; Mytilus edulis; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EXPLOITATION; FACILITATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; BURROWING; EARTHWORM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ARENICOLA MARINA; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84905715491     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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