Impact of suspended mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) on plankton communities in a Magdalen Islands lagoon (Québec, Canada): A mesocosm approach

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-115

  Trottet, Aurore ^a   Roy, Suzanne ^a   Tamigneaux, Eric ^b   Lovejoy, Connie ^c   Tremblay, Réjean ^a  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clearance rate; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Heterotrophic protists; Lagoon; Mesocosm; Mussel filtration; Mytilus edulis; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COASTAL LAGOON; EXCRETION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MESOCOSM; MUSSEL CULTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PROTIST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; MAGDALEN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 53449093701     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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