Variation in scope for growth: A test of food limitation among intertidal mussels

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 373-392

  Helson, Jeremy G ^a,b   Gardner, Jonathan P A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aulacomya maoriana; Bioenergetics modelling; Bottom up regulation; Intertidal community structure; Mussels; Mytilus galloprovincialis; New Zealand; Perna canaliculus; Scope for growth

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; METABOLISM; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AULACOMYA MAORIANA; BIOENERGETICS; BIOENERGETICS MODELLING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; INTERTIDAL MUSSELS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SESTON;

AUSTRALASIA; COOK STRAIT; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND]; WELLINGTON HARBOUR;

AULACOMYA MAORIANA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA; PERNA CANALICULUS;

EID: 34249063961     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0711-9     Document Type: Article

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