Selective ingestion of pelagic versus benthic algae by the cockle Cerastoderma edule (Linné, 1758)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 619-625

  Rueda, Jose L ^a   Smaal, Aad C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Cerastoderma edule; Cockles; Flow cytometry; Rejection; Selection efficiency

Indexed keywords

DIET; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INGESTION RATE; MOLLUSC; PHYTOBENTHOS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; CARDIIDAE; CERASTODERMA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CYLINDROTHECA; CYLINDROTHECA SP.; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NAVICULA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0036967147     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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