Comparative utilization of phytoplankton and vascular plant detritus by the cockle Cerastoderma edule: Digestive responses during diet acclimation

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 247-262

  Navarro, E ^a   Mendez S ^a   Ibarrola, I ^a   Urrutia, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bivalve mollusks; Cerastoderma edule; Detrius; Digestive enzymes; Food absorption; Gut passage time; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; MOLLUSCA; SPARTINA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 70349240767     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00127     Document Type: Article

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