Impact of fouling organisms on mussel rope culture: interspecific competition for food among suspension-feeding invertebrates

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 91-102

  Lesser, Michael P ^a   Shumway, Sandra E ^a,b   Cucci, Terry ^a   Smith, Jennifer ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Botryllus; Ciona; Competition; Crepidula; Filter ffeding; Flow cytometry; Mussel; Mytilus; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIAN; BLUE MUSSEL; COMPETITION; FOOD COMPETITION; FOULING COMMUNITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MUSSEL CULTURE; MUSSEL ROPE; SUSPENSION FEEDING;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CREPIDULA FORNICATA; DIPLOMONADIDA GROUP; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0027037360     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(92)90291-H     Document Type: Article

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