Mussel colonization of a high flow artificial benthic habitat: Byssogenesis holds the key

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-115

  Rajagopal, S ^a   Venugopalan, V P ^b   van der Velde, G ^a   Jenner, H A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Biofouling and Biofilm Processes Section   (India)

^c KEMA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Biofouling; Growth rate; Mussels; Physiology; Recruitment; Seawater intake; Water flow

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAWATER;

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; BIOFOULING; COLONIZATION; GROWTH RATE; MUSSELS; RECRUITMENT; SEAWATER INTAKE; WATER FLOW;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COOLING WATER; SEA WATER;

BENTHOS; BIOFOULING; COLONIZATION; COOLING WATER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; POWER PLANT; SEAWATER; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOW KINETICS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASHORE; SPECIES HABITAT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BRACHIDONTES VARIABILIS; INVERTEBRATA; MODIOLUS PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 33745684779     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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