Loss of body mass in winter in three intertidal bivalve species: An experimental and observational study of the interacting effects between water temperature, feeding time and feeding behavior

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-297

  Honkoop, P J C ^a   Beukema, J J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Cerastoderma edule; Macoma balthica; Mass loss; Mytilus edulis; Wadden Sea; Winter temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; MASS LOSS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; WINTER;

WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0030619246     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02757-8     Document Type: Article

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