Energy balance of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis: The effect of length and age

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 199, Issue , 2000, Pages 149-158

  Pérez Camacho, Alejandro ^a   Labarta, Uxio ^b   Navarro, Enrique ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorption efficiency; Food quality; Ingestion rate; Mytilus; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; ENERGY BALANCE; MOLLUSC;

GALICIA; RIA DE AROSA; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0342647360     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps199149     Document Type: Article

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