Flow rate and vertical position influence ingestion rates of colonial zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-198

  Tuchman, Nancy C ^a   Burks, Romi L ^a,b   Call, Christopher A ^a   Smarrelli, John ^a,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

32P; Chlamydomonas; Colonial aggregates; Flow rates; Ingestion rates; Zebra mussels

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIVALVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOW VELOCITY; INGESTION RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS ANGULOSA; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; DREISSENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842266367     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2426.2003.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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