Short-term and small-scale variation in food availability to natural oyster populations: Food, flow and flux

Marine Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-34

  Wilson Ormond, E A ^a   Powell, E N ^b   Ray, S M ^c  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Feeding; Flux of food; Food availability; Oyster; Water flow

Indexed keywords

EASTERN OYSTER; FILTER FEEDERS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD RESOURCE; FOOD RESOURCES; NATURAL POPULATIONS; WATER FLOW;

USA, TEXAS, GALVESTON BAY, CONFEDERATE REEF;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0030723557     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00424.x     Document Type: Article

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