Population dynamics of the Argentinean surf clams Donax hanleyanus and Mesodesma mactroides from open-Atlantic beaches off Argentina [Elektronische Ressource] = Populationsdynamik der argentinischen Brandungsmuscheln Donax hanleyanus und Mesodesma mactroides offener Atlantikstrände vor Argentinien / Marko Herrmann
Population dynamics of the Argentinean surf clams Donax hanleyanus and Mesodesma mactroides from open-Atlantic beaches off Argentina Populationsdynamik der Argentinischen Brandungsmuscheln Donax hanleyanus und Mesodesma mactroides offener Atlantikstrände vor Argentinien Marko Herrmann Dedicated to my family Marko Herrmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Section of Marine Animal Ecology P.O. Box 120161 D-27515 Bremerhaven (Germany) marko.herrmann@gmx.de Submitted for the degree Dr. rer. nat. of the Faculty 2 of Biology and Chemistry University of Bremen (Germany), October 2008 1Reviewer and principal supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolf E. Arntz 1Reviewer and co-supervisor: Dr. Jürgen Laudien 2External Reviewer: Dr. Pablo E. Penchaszadeh 1 Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Section of Marine Animal Ecology P.O. Box 120161 D-27515 Bremerhaven (Germany) 2 Director of the Ecology Section at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) - Bernardino Rivadavia Av. Angel Gallardo 470, 3° piso lab. 80 C1405DJR Buenos Aires (Argentina) Contents 1 Summary .................................................................................................... 51.1 English Version ........................................................................................... 51.2 Deutsche Version .......................................