Temporal scales of variation in settlement and recruitment of the mussel Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Population dynamics of many intertidal organisms are strongly affected by the abundance and distribution of larvae arriving on the shore. In particular, not only absolute numbers of settlers but also the degree of synchronisation of settlement can have a strong influence on whether density-dependent...
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2006
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012026 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2005.11.008 |