The relationship between food availability and growth in Mytilus galloprovincialis in the open sea (southern Mediterranean)

Aquaculture

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Sara G ^a   Manganaro, A ^b   Cortese, G ^b   Pusceddu, A ^c   Mazzola, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food availability; Mediterranean; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Trophic features

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH; MUSSEL CULTURE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0032143505     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00281-6     Document Type: Article

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