An attempt to extend the Habitat Harshness Hypothesis to tidal flats: A case study of Anomalocardia brasiliana (Bivalvia: Veneridae) reproductive biology

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 136-141

  Corte, Guilherme Nascimento ^a,c   Yokoyama, Leonardo Querobim ^b   Amaral, A Cecília Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anomalocardia brasiliana; Bivalve; Habitat Harshness Hypothesis; Morphodynamic; Reproduction; Sandy beach

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIVALVE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MORPHODYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYNCHRONY; TIDAL FLAT;

ANOMALOCARDIA BRASILIANA; BIVALVIA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 84909993678     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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