Culture of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (Linnaeus, 1758) fed both phytoplankton and zooplankton: A microcosm experiment

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 965-969

  Wai, Hing Wong ^a,b   Levinton, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA Universities Marine Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Feeding; Mussel; Mytilus edulis

Indexed keywords

MICROCOSM; MUSSEL CULTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 4043068532     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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