A 15-month study of zooplankton ingestion by farmed mussels (Mytilus edulis) in Bantry Bay, Southwest Ireland

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 645-652

  Lehane, Clare ^a   Davenport, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bantry Bay; ingestion; Mytilus edulis; stomach contents; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

INGESTION RATE; MUSSEL CULTURE; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

BANTRY BAY; COUNTY CORK; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRIDIDAE; HARPACTICOIDA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; THORACICA;

EID: 33646026137     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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