Ingestion rates and absorption efficiencies of Abra ovata (Mollusca: Bivalvia) fed on macrophytobenthic detritus

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-102

  Charles, F ^b   Gremare A ^c   Amouroux, J M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

absorption; bivalves; deposit feeders; detritus; ingestion; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABRA; ABRA OVATA; BIVALVIA; CODIUM VERMILARA; COLPOMENIA SINUOSA; CORALLINA ELONGATA; CYSTOSEIRA COMPRESSA; CYSTOSEIRA MEDITERRANEA; DILOPHUS SPIRALIS; MOLLUSCA; PADINA; PADINA PAVONICA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RISSOELLA VERRUCULOSA; STYPOCAULON SCOPARIUM; ULVA RIGIDA;

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCIES; ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; BIVALVE; DETRITUS FEEDERS; DETRITUS FEEDING; INGESTION RATE; MACROPHYTE; MACROPHYTES; NUTRITION;

EID: 0029773751     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0007     Document Type: Article

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