Phytoplankton composition of the stomach contents of the mussel Mytilus edulis L. from two populations: Comparison with its food supply

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-14

  Rouillon, G ^a   Guerra Rivas, J ^a   Ochoa, N ^b   Navarro, E ^a  

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

^b Laboratorio de Bioinformática   (Peru)

Author keywords

Food supply; Mussels; Mytilus edulis; Phytoplankton; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

STOMACH CONTENT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; ENSICULIFERA; LICMOPHORA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; NITZSCHIA PUNGENS; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA PUNGENS;

EID: 18944366402     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[5:PCOTSC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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