Wave actions and topography determine the small-scale spatial distribution of newly settled Asari clams Ruditapes philippinarum on a tidal flat

Authors :: Yoshio Tanaka
Ryogen Nambu
Hisami Kuwahara
Junya Higano
Hajime Saito
Source :: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 99:1-9
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2012.
Abstract: There are many studies on spatial distributions of Asari clam Ruditapes philippinarum adults on tidal flats but few have dealt with spatial distributions of newly settled Asari clam (

Subjects :: biology
Sediment
Ruditapes
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
Spatial distribution
biology.organism_classification
Fishery
Benthic zone
Shear stress
Crest
Scale (map)
Geology
Tidal flat

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