Feeding physiology of two bivalves under laboratory and field conditions in response to variable food concentrations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 291, Issue , 2005, Pages 115-124

  Velasco, L A ^a   Navarro, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Feeding rates; Field; Laboratory; Mulinia edulis; Mytilus chilensis; Seston; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SESTON;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YALDAD BAY;

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

EID: 19944392577     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps291115     Document Type: Article

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