Mussels Mytilus edulis: Significant consumers and destroyers of mesozooplankton

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 198, Issue , 2000, Pages 131-137

  Davenport, John ^a,b   Smith, Rowan J J W ^a   Packer, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carnivory; Mesozooplankton; Mucus; Mussels; Pseudofaeces

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTEMIA; BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0034608688     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps198131     Document Type: Article

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