Spatial and temporal variability in recruitment of intertidal mussels around the coast of southern Africa

Harris, Jean M; Branch, George M; Elliot, Bridget L; Currie, Bronwen; Dye, Arthur H; McQuaid, Christopher D; Tomalin, Bruce J; Velasquez, Claudio

Title: Spatial and temporal variability in recruitment of intertidal mussels around the coast of southern Africa
Creator: Harris, Jean M
Creator: Branch, George M
Creator: Elliot, Bridget L
Creator: Currie, Bronwen
Creator: Dye, Arthur H
Creator: McQuaid, Christopher D
Creator: Tomalin, Bruce J
Creator: Velasquez, Claudio
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 1998
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
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Zoology
Relation: 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
Relation: African Zoology volume 33 number 1 1 11 1998 2224-073X
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa statement (https://zssa.co.za/african-zoology-scope-and-information/)

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