Grazing impact of Mytilus edulis L. and Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea estimated from biodeposition rates of algal pigments

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-160

  Kotta, Jonne ^a   Møohlenberg, Flemming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECES; FILTER FEEDING; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; TRACER;

BALTIC SEA;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0036299838     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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