Effect of velocity on the filter feeding of dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis): Implications for trophic dynamics

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1551-1561

  Ackerman, Josef Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FILTER FEEDING; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; SIZE;

FILTER FEEDER; FLUID DYNAMICS; MOLLUSC; VELOCITY;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0033305231     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-079     Document Type: Article

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