A portable and practical method to monitor bivalve feeding activity in the field using time-lapse video technology

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 209-212

  Macdonald, Bruce A ^a   Nodwell, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalve feeding; Exhalant siphon area; Mytilus edulis; Particle concentration; Time lapse recording

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOLLUSC; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; PAVLOVA LUTHERI; TETRASELMIS SUECICA;

EID: 0042627974     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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