Effect of nutrient supply on growth of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) in a landlocked bay

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 484, Issue , 2002, Pages 99-109

  Øie, Gunvor ^a   Reitan, Kjell Inge ^a   Vadstein, Olav ^b   Reinertsen, Helge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Algae; Blue mussels; Environmental conditions; Growth; Mytilus edulis; Nutrients; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON;

PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

GROWTH; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

NORWAY;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0346034595     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021305121550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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