Attachment properties of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) byssus threads on culture-based artificial collector substrates

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 128-139

  Brenner, M ^a,b,c   Buck, B H ^a,c,d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Institute for Marine Resources IMARE   (Germany)

^d Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dislodgement; Mytilus edulis; Offshore aquaculture; Offshore wind farms; Spat collectors

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; BLUE MUSSELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MUSSEL BYSSUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; TWO-STEP CULTIVATION;

AQUACULTURE; CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; WIND POWER;

SUBSTRATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; JUVENILE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MARICULTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MUSSEL CULTURE; SUBSTRATE;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 77949486531     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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