- Title
- Spatial and temporal variability in recruitment of intertidal mussels around the coast of southern Africa
- Creator
- Harris, Jean M, Branch, George M, Elliot, Bridget L, Currie, Bronwen, Dye, Arthur H, McQuaid, Christopher D, Tomalin, Bruce J, Velasquez, Claudio
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 1998
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447579
- Identifier
- vital:74658
- Identifier
- https://www.ajol.info/index.php/az/article/view/154717
- Description
- Intensity of intertidal mussel recruitment was compared across a range of different spatial and temporal scales around the coast of southern Africa between June 1995 and October 1996. Comparison of the east and west coasts revealed significantly higher recruit densities on the west coast, corresponding to larger adult densities. This difference between the two coasts reflects biogeographic disparities in mussel species composition, growth rates and spawning intensities, oceanographic conditions and productivity. Significant spatial variations in recruitment were recorded between regions 100–1000 km apart and between localities 1–25 km apart. Results suggest that the influence of dispersal processes on recruitment patterns acts at a relatively small scale, and may affect the distribution and abundance of adults among shores only a few kilometres apart.
- Format
- 11 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Zoology, Harris, J.M., Branch, G.M., Elliott, B.L., Currie, B., Dye, A.H., McQuaid, C.D., Tomalin, B.J. and Velasquez, C., 1998. Spatial and temporal variability in recruitment of intertidal mussels around the coast of southern Africa. African Zoology, 33(1), pp.1-11, African Zoology volume 33 number 1 1 11 1998 2224-073X
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