Seasonal variations of physiological parameters in the blue mussel mytilus spp. from farm sites of eastern Quebec

Aquaculture

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 729-751

  Lemaire, N ^a   Pellerin, J ^a   Fournier, M ^b   Girault, L ^c   Tamigneaux, E ^c   Cartier, S ^a   Pelletier, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c Centre Collégial de Transfert de Technologie des Pêches   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Blue mussel; Growth; Mussel farm; Mytilus spp.; Phagocytosis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GAMETOGENESIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MUSSEL CULTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELLFISH FISHERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 33750518835     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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