In situ feeding and absorption responses of sea scallops Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin) to storm-induced changes in the quantity and composition of the seston

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 45-70

  Cranford, P J ^a   Emerson, C W ^b   Hargrave, B T ^a   Milligan, T G ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorption; Feeding behaviour; Placopecten magellanicus; Resuspension; Seston quantity and quality

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; RESUSPENSION; SESTON; STORMS;

ABSORPTION; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH RATE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; WATER SAMPLING;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA;

BIVALVIA; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 0032498177     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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