Flexibility of size of gills and palps in the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850) and the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-133

  Honkoop, P J C ^a   Bayne, B L ^a   Drent, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gill size; Growth; Oysters; Palp size; Phenotypic flexibility; Species comparison

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING MECHANISM; FOOD INTAKE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA GLOMERATA;

EID: 0037425597     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00463-X     Document Type: Article

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