Secretion of byssal threads and attachment strength of Mytilus galloprovincialis: The influence of size and food availability

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 783-791

  Babarro, Jose M F ^a   Fernández Reiriz, María José ^a   Labarta, Uxío ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attachment strength; Body size; Byssogenesis; Mytilus galloprovincialis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; SECRETION; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 46049087745     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001367     Document Type: Article

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