Food acquisition responses of the suspension-feeding bivalve Placopecten magellanicus to the flocculation and settlement of a phytoplankton bloom

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-143

  Cranford, Peter J ^a   Armsworthy, Shelley L ^a   Mikkelsen, Ole A ^b   Milligan, Timothy G ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Flocculation; Phytoplankton bloom; Placopecten magellanicus; Scallops; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIVALVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; FLOCCULATION; PARTICLE SETTLING;

BEDFORD BASIN; CANADA; HALIFAX HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 27844595853     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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