The effects of phytoplankton concentration, size of mussel and water temperature on feed consumption and filtration rate of the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk)

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-172

  Okomuş, Ibrahim ^a   Başçinar, Nadir ^a   Özkan, Mükerrem ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Filtration rate; Food consumption; Mussel size; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Phytoplankton concentration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MOLLUSC; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BLACK SEA;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0036221638     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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