Depletion of plankton in a raft culture of Mytilus galloprovincialis in Ría de Vigo, NW Spain. I. Phytoplankton

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-125

  Petersen, Jens Kjerulf ^a   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a   van Duren, Luca ^b,c   Maar, Marie ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depletion; Hydrodynamics; Mussels; Phytoplankton; Raft culture; Scales

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 70349229301     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00124     Document Type: Article

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