Clearance and processing of algal particles by zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 779-788

  Berg, David J ^a,c   Fisher, Susan W ^a   Landrum, Peter F ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

algae; clearance rate; contaminant cycling; suspended particles; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; LAURENTIA; MORUM; PANDORINA MORUM;

ALGAE; BODY SIZE; CLEARANCE RATE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZEBRA MUSSEL;

EID: 0029659362     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(96)70996-6     Document Type: Article

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