Temporal and spatial variation in food availability and meat ratio in a longline mussel farm (Mytilus edulis)

Aquaculture

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Strohmeier, T ^a   Duinker, A ^a   Strand, O ^a   Aure, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bivalve aquaculture; Current velocity; Food availability; Meat content; Mussel; Mytilus edulis; Seston depletion

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRENT VELOCITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEAT; MUSSEL CULTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 41549088215     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.01.043     Document Type: Article

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