Energetic balance of infaunal (Mulinia edulis King, 1831) and epifaunal (Mytilus chilensis Hupé, 1854) bivalves in response to wide variations in concentration and quality of seston

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-92

  Velasco, L A ^a,b   Navarro, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Epifaunal; Infaunal; Mulinia edulis; Mytilus chilensis; Physiological energetics; Seston

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; ENERGY BALANCE; EPIFAUNA; FILTER FEEDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RESUSPENSION; SESTON;

(SOUTH); CHILE;

BIVALVIA; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; MACTRIDAE; MULINIA; MULINIA EDULIS; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS CHILENSIS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0141501425     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00316-2     Document Type: Article

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