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Effect of flooding on estuarine bivalve populations near the mouth of the Hopkins River, Victoria, Australia

Matthews, Ty and Constable, Andrew 2004, Effect of flooding on estuarine bivalve populations near the mouth of the Hopkins River, Victoria, Australia, Journal of the marine biological association of the United Kingdom, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 633-639.

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Title Effect of flooding on estuarine bivalve populations near the mouth of the Hopkins River, Victoria, Australia
Author(s) Matthews, Ty
Constable, Andrew
Journal name Journal of the marine biological association of the United Kingdom
Volume number 84
Issue number 3
Start page 633
End page 639
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Place of publication Cambridge, England
Publication date 2004-06
ISSN 0025-3154
1469-7769
Summary The densities of two common intertidal/shallow subtidal bivalves, Soletellina alba and Arthritica helmsi, were sampled in vegetated and unvegetated habitats of the Hopkins River estuary on three occasions during the  autumn/winter 1995.Winter flooding coincided with mass mortalities of the infaunal bivalve S. alba, but not A. helmsi. Mortalities were apparent for individuals living deeper in the sediment (≈35 cm) in vegetated and unvegetated habitats, but small S. alba (<1mm) were less susceptible to mortality than larger individuals (>1mm). Mortalities were similar across different habitat types and sediment depths, and at multiple sites within close proximity to the estuary mouth.
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Language eng
Field of Research 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology)
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2004, Cambridge University Press
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002730

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Ecology and Environment
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