Population dynamics of subtidal Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) populations at the Belgian Continental Shelf

The paper at hand describes population dynamics, recruitment and persistence of the Lanice conchilega populations in subtidal soft - bottom sediments along the Belgian coastline. An intensive sampling campaign (monthly - biweekly from March 2002 untill September 2003), the discrimination of different benthic stages and cohort analysis of the adult population enabled the discrimination of trends in recruitment patterns of L. conchilega . Three recruitment periods were defined based on the occurrence of peaks of aulophore larvae in the water column and peaks of recently settled individuals in th... Mehr ...